Assembly Bill A10596

                            
 
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                                   10596
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2018
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to establishing a training program for first responders for responding
   to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of intra-
   nasal naloxone

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH  MUNICIPAL  POLICE  TRAINING
 COUNCIL AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE, SHALL DEVELOP A TRAINING
 PROGRAM  AND  ASSOCIATED  TRAINING MATERIALS, TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND
 INFORMATION TO POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES  PERSONNEL
 ON  PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE
 ADMINISTRATION OF INTRANASAL NALOXONE.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3054  to
 read as follows:
   § 3054. OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE THE
 TRAINING  PROGRAM  RELATING  TO  PROTOCOLS  FOR  RESPONSE  TO VICTIMS OF
 SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION  OF  INTRANASAL  NALOXONE
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THIRTY-THREE  HUNDRED NINE OF THIS CHAPTER TO ALL
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 FIRST  RESPONDERS,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS,  ADVANCED EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATORS.
   § 4. Section 840 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
   (A)  DEVELOP,  MAINTAIN  AND  DISSEMINATE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES  CONSIST-
 ENT  WITH  SECTION  THIRTY-THREE  HUNDRED NINE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW,
 REGARDING PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED  DRUG  OVERDOSE
 AND  THE ADMINISTRATION OF INTRANASAL NALOXONE. SUCH POLICIES AND PROCE-
 DURES SHALL MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING  OF  NEW  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15329-01-8

 A. 10596                            2
 
 VETERAN  POLICE  OFFICERS  ON  THE  PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF
 SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF  INTRANASAL  NALOXONE;
 AND
   (B)  RECOMMEND  TO THE GOVERNOR, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
 THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF  A  TRAINING
 PROGRAM  FOR  ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE POLICIES
 AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ALONG  WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
   §  5.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 214-f to
 read as follows:
   § 214-F. OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL, FOR ALL
 MEMBERS OF THE STATE POLICE:
   1. DEVELOP, MAINTAIN AND DISSEMINATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CONSISTENT WITH
 SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE OF THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,  REGARDING
 PROTOCOLS  FOR  RESPONSE  TO  VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE
 ADMINISTRATION OF INTRANASAL  NALOXONE.  SUCH  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES
 SHALL  MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF NEW AND VETERAN
 POLICE OFFICERS ON THE PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO  VICTIMS  OF  SUSPECTED
 DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF INTRANASAL NALOXONE; AND
   2.  RECOMMEND  TO  THE GOVERNOR, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
 ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON  AN  ONGOING  BASIS  OF  A  TRAINING
 PROGRAM  FOR  ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE POLICIES
 AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ALONG  WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
   § 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of
 public health may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the
 implementation of this act on or before such effective date.