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Assembly Bill A1457

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires certain information pertaining to opioid overdose to be made available to the public

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2017-A1457 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3309, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A10062

2017-A1457 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain information pertaining to opioid overdose to be made available to the public in an easily searchable and viewable format, including, but not limited to, information on opioid overdose deaths, type of opioid used, and the use of emergency room, pre-hospital services, and opioid antagonists.

2017-A1457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1457
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JENNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  certain
   information  pertaining to opioid overdose to be made available to the
   public
 
   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. A VERSION OF THE  REPORT  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND ONLINE IN AN EASILY
 SEARCHABLE AND VIEWABLE FORMAT THAT INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, THE  FOLLOW-
 ING INFORMATION:
   (A)  INFORMATION  ON  OPIOID  OVERDOSE  DEATHS, INCLUDING AGE, GENDER,
 ETHNICITY, AND COUNTY OF ORIGIN;
   (B) DATA SEPARATING OUT, TO THE MOST ACCURATE DEGREE POSSIBLE,  DEATHS
 CAUSED  BY  PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS, HEROIN, FENTANYL, AND OTHER OPIOIDS AS
 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER;
   (C) DATA ON EMERGENCY ROOM UTILIZATION FOR  THE  TREATMENT  OF  OPIOID
 OVERDOSE;
   (D) DATA ON UTILIZATION OF PRE-HOSPITAL SERVICES;
   (E) DATA ON UTILIZATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS;
   (F) HISTORICAL DATA, AS AVAILABLE, GOING BACK AT LEAST FIVE YEARS; AND
   (G)  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION NECESSARY TO ASCERTAIN THE SUCCESS OF THE
 PROGRAM AND WAYS TO FURTHER REDUCE OVERDOSES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02540-01-7

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