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Assembly Bill A1066

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that handlers of police detection dogs have opioid antagonists to be administered to dogs in case of overdose

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2019-A1066 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §221-e, Exec L; add §663, County L; add §209-rr, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10778

2019-A1066 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that state and local police handlers of police detection dogs be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists to dogs and also have opioid antagonists ready to be administered if such police detection dog overdoses.

2019-A1066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1066
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law,  the  county  law,  and  the  general
   municipal  law,  in  relation  to requiring all state and local police
   officers who are handlers of police detection dogs to  be  trained  in
   the administration of opioid antagonists to dogs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  221-e
 to read as follows:
   § 221-E. OPIOID ANTAGONIST TRAINING AND USE FOR POLICE DETECTION DOGS.
 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A)  "OPIOID"  MEANS  AN  OPIATE  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   (B) "OPIOID ANTAGONIST" MEANS A FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG  ADMINISTRATION-
 APPROVED  DRUG  THAT, WHEN ADMINISTERED, NEGATES OR NEUTRALIZES IN WHOLE
 OR IN PART THE PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF AN OPIOID  IN  THE  BODY.  THE
 OPIOID  ANTAGONIST  SHALL  BE  LIMITED  TO NALOXONE OR OTHER MEDICATIONS
 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THIS PURPOSE.
   (C) "POLICE DETECTION DOG" MEANS ANY DOG THAT IS OWNED OR HARBORED  BY
 ANY  STATE  OR  MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANY STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCY, WHICH HAS BEEN TRAINED OR IS UNDERGOING TRAINING TO BE  USED  TO
 AID  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETECTING CONTROLLED
 SUBSTANCES.
   (D) "INTRANASALLY" MEANS ADMINISTERED INTO THE NASAL STRUCTURES.
   (E) "INTRAVENOUSLY" MEANS ADMINISTERED BY INJECTION  INTO  A  VEIN  OR
 VEINS.
   (F)  "INTRAMUSCULARLY" MEANS ADMINISTERED BY INJECTION DIRECTLY INTO A
 MUSCLE.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04824-01-9

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