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Senate Bill S5499

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to opioid overdose reporting requirements

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2017-S5499 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3309 & 3372, Pub Health L

2017-S5499 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes opioid overdose reporting requirements for certain practitioners.

2017-S5499 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5499 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5499
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law in  relation  to  opioid  overdose
   reporting requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3309 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  42  of  the  laws  of  2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. The commissioner is authorized to establish standards for  approval
 of  any  opioid  overdose  prevention  program,  and  opioid  antagonist
 prescribing, dispensing,  distribution,  possession  and  administration
 pursuant to this section which may include, but not be limited to, stan-
 dards  for  program directors, appropriate clinical oversight, training,
 AND record keeping [and]; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH  STANDARDS  SHALL
 INCLUDE  reporting REQUIREMENTS FOR OPIOID OVERDOSES TREATED AT A HOSPI-
 TAL THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
 AND THE OUTCOME OF SUCH TREATMENT.
   §  2. Section 3372 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 195
 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3372. Practitioner patient reporting. 1. It shall  be  the  duty  of
 every attending practitioner and every consulting practitioner to report
 promptly  to  the commissioner, or his OR HER duly designated agent, the
 name and, if possible, the address of, and such other  data  as  may  be
 required by the commissioner with respect to, any person under treatment
 if  he  finds  that  such  person is an addict or a habitual user of any
 narcotic drug. Such  report  shall  be  kept  confidential  and  may  be
 utilized  only  for  statistical,  epidemiological or research purposes,
 except that those reports which originate in the course  of  a  criminal
 proceeding  other  than  under  section  81.25 of the mental hygiene law

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10889-01-7

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