S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5476
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 9, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. KIM, RAIA, HEVESI, FITZPATRICK, BRAUNSTEIN,
ROZIC, ORTIZ, NIOU, SIMANOWITZ, ZEBROWSKI, SEPULVEDA, CROUCH, GJONAJ,
McLAUGHLIN, PALMESANO, JONES, TITONE, JAFFEE, WILLIAMS, McDONOUGH,
CARROLL, ENGLEBRIGHT, GRAF, LUPINACCI, CRESPO, GIGLIO, HARRIS -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
AN ACT to direct all hospitals and medical professionals treating
patients for a drug overdose to inquire whether the patient has previ-
ously participated in either an in-patient or out-patient rehabili-
tation program, and to report their findings to the New York state
office of alcoholism and substance abuse services (OASAS)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "Christina O'Donnell act".
§ 2. All hospitals and medical professionals treating patients for a
drug overdose shall be required to inquire whether a patient has previ-
ously participated in either an in-patient or out-patient rehabilitation
program. All findings shall be reported to the New York state office of
alcoholism and substance abuse services (OASAS).
§ 3. All hospitals, medical professionals and drug
treatment/rehabilitation centers shall be required to report case
details to OASAS for any applicant that they deny addiction treatment
to. Such case details shall include the written reason why the applicant
was denied treatment, including applicants who were unable to gain
placement on a waiting list to receive treatment.
§ 4. The office of court administration shall report to OASAS:
a. the number of defendants that have been sentenced to drug treatment
services;
b. how many of those defendants have been required to participate in
an in-patient program; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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c. how many of those defendants have been required to participate in
an out-patient program.
§ 5. The commissioner of OASAS, or his or her designee, shall publish
a report, available to the general public, on its findings including but
not limited to:
a. the total number of reported overdoses reported by hospitals and
medical professionals and office of court administration;
b. the total number of overdose patients who have participated in a
rehabilitation program before;
c. whether the rehabilitation program that they participated in was an
in-patient or out-patient program; and
d. all information required by section three of this act.
§ 6. The commissioner's report shall be filed within one year of the
effective date of this act, unless the commissioner of OASAS requests in
writing, an extension of time. The commissioner shall then conduct an
outreach program to inform local governments, private organizations and
the public regarding the finding of such report.
§ 7. This act shall take effect immediately.