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                                   2204
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KIM,  RAIA, HEVESI, FITZPATRICK, BRAUNSTEIN,
   ORTIZ, NIOU, ZEBROWSKI, CROUCH, PALMESANO,  JONES,  JAFFEE,  WILLIAMS,
   McDONOUGH,  CARROLL,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  CRESPO,  GIGLIO,  JEAN-PIERRE, RA,
   D'URSO, BLAKE, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BLANKENBUSH,
   HYNDMAN, LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcohol-
   ism 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.