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Assembly Bill A1844

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the compilation of the number of deaths by opioid overdose

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2017-A1844 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4100, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9505

2017-A1844 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the compilation of the number of deaths by opioid overdose.

2017-A1844 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1844
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McLAUGHLIN  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
   compilation of the number of deaths by opioid overdose
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4100 of the public health  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
   (J)  REQUIRE  THE  COMPILATION OF THE NUMBER OF DEATHS BY OPIOID OVER-
 DOSE, AS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF DEATH CERTIFICATES  RECEIVED  WHERE
 SUCH  A MANNER OF DEATH IS INDICATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDI-
 VISION FOUR OF SECTION FORTY-ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  COMPILE  THE  NUMBER OF OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS ON A
 STATEWIDE AND COUNTY-BY-COUNTY BASIS ON NO LESS THAN A  QUARTERLY  BASIS
 AND  RELEASE THIS INFORMATION, LESS ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMA-
 TION, ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL BE
 CHARGED WITH  COLLECTING  AND  FORWARDING  THE  APPROPRIATE  INFORMATION
 REGARDING  THE  NUMBER OF OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS OCCURRING WITHIN HIS OR
 HER JURISDICTION TO THE COMMISSIONER ON NO LESS THAN A MONTHLY BASIS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04285-01-7

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