Assembly Bill A8541

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing discharged patients with opioid overdose education and opioid antagonists for take home use

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A8541 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6650
Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §29.15, Ment Hyg L; add §149-a, Cor L; amd §2803-u, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A348, S2976

2019-A8541 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the provision of opioid overdose education where a patient is about to be discharged or conditionally released from an inpatient facility or the release of an inmate who has been diagnosed with an opioid use disorder; further requires at discharge from the hospital that such individual be provided with two doses of opioid antagonists in a form approved for take home use by the federal food and drug administration.

2019-A8541 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8541
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  mental  hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  providing
   discharged  patients  with  opioid  overdose  training;  to  amend the
   correction law, in  relation  to  providing  discharged  inmates  with
   opioid  overdose  training;  and  to  amend  the public health law, in
   relation to the provision of opioid antagonists for take home use upon
   discharge from the hospital
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  29.15  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (o) to read as follows:
   (O) 1. A PATIENT ABOUT TO BE DISCHARGED OR CONDITIONALLY RELEASED FROM
 AN INPATIENT FACILITY OPERATED OR LICENSED BY THE OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM
 AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE SERVICES AND WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AN OPIOID
 USE DISORDER SHALL PROVIDE SUCH PATIENT WITH AN OPIOID  OVERDOSE  EDUCA-
 TION THAT:
   (I)  CONFORMS  TO  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR FEDERAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND
 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION  GUIDELINES  FOR  OPIOID  OVERDOSE
 EDUCATION;
   (II) EXPLAINS THE CAUSES OF AN OPIOID OVERDOSE;
   (III)  INSTRUCTS WHEN AND HOW TO ADMINISTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH MEDICAL
 BEST PRACTICES BOTH:
   (A) LIFE-SAVING RESCUE TECHNIQUES; AND
   (B) AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST; AND
   (IV) EXPLAINS HOW TO CONTACT APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
   2. SUCH FACILITY SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THE  PATIENT  AS  THEY  LEAVE  THE
 FACILITY WITH:
   (I) TWO DOSES OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST IN A FORM APPROVED FOR TAKE HOME
 USE BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; AND
   (II) A PRESCRIPTION FOR AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST.

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

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