NY State Senate Bill S1170

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to higher education
Jan 11, 2019	referred to higher education

S1170 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6407
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §6438-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7640, A9669
2021-2022: S3448, A4485

S1170 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to opioid overdose prevention in college housing; requires training of residence assistants in the administration of opioid antagonists.

S1170 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1170

SPONSOR: AMEDORE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to opioid overdose
prevention in college housing

 
PURPOSE:

This bill requires public college campuses to maintain life-saving
opioid antagonist medications in college-owned or college-operated hous-
ing, and requires that such medications are accessible to a trained
resident assistant or employee during emergencies that require the
administration of opioid antagonists.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the education law by adding a new section 6438-a.

6438-a 1. Requires a supply of on-site opioid antagonists in public

college-owned or college-operated housing, and requires that such medi-
cations be accessible to a trained resident assistant for administration
of opioid antagonists.

6438a 2. Provides that such public college campuses may designate an
additional employee to administer opioid antagonists in the event that a
resident assistant is not physically present.

6438-a 3. ensures that any trained person pursuant to this section shall
not be liable for any harm resulting from the administration of an
opioid antagonist provided that such person acted in good faith.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The current opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in American
history. Opioid overdoses have surpassed gun-related murders and car
accidents as the leading cause of death for Americans under 50 years
old, killing an estimated 64,000 people last year. In New York, virtual-
ly no corner of the state has been untouched by the heroin and
prescription opioid crisis. The crisis has no demographic limitations;
it affects individuals of every age, race and gender.

Fatal opioid overdose deaths are preventable. Opioid antagonists, such
as naloxone (brand name Narcan) or any other similarly acting drug
approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, have proven
to be effective in the treatment of an opioid overdose.  Specifically,
naloxone counteracts life-threatening opioid overdoses by reversing the
depression of the central nervous system and respiratory system; thus,
allowing an overdose victim to breathe normally. Naloxone is a nonsched-
uled (non-addictive) medication that has no effect if opioids are
absent. This ensures that administration of naloxone has no potential
for abuse and is safe for administration by a trained individual.

By requiring naloxone to be available in public college and university
dormitories and requiring resident assistants to be trained to adminis-
ter it, this proposal builds on previous legislative actions to make
naloxone more widely available in the community in order to prevent
fatal overdoses of heroin and other opioids

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S.7640 - Referred to Comittee on Higher Education.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S1170 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1170

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 11, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  opioid  overdose
  prevention in college housing

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-a
to read as follows:
  § 6438-A. OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION IN COLLEGE HOUSING. 1. ANY CAMPUS
OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR  ANY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL PROVIDE TRAINING IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID
ANTAGONISTS  BY  A  PROGRAM  APPROVED UNDER SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED
NINE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW TO ANY RESIDENT ASSISTANT EMPLOYED BY SUCH
CAMPUS. ANY SUCH  CAMPUS  SHALL  PROVIDE  AND  MAINTAIN  ONSITE  IN  ANY
COLLEGE-OWNED   OR  COLLEGE-OPERATED  HOUSING,  OPIOID  ANTAGONISTS,  AS
DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE OF THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,
IN QUANTITIES AND TYPES DEEMED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH
THE  COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH. SUCH OPIOID ANTAGONISTS SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE
BY EACH RESIDENT ASSISTANT FOR USE DURING EMERGENCIES TO ANY STUDENT  OR
OTHER  INDIVIDUAL  ON COLLEGE-OWNED OR COLLEGE-OPERATED HOUSING PREMISES
SUSPECTED OF HAVING OPIOID OVERDOSE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS  A  PREVIOUS
HISTORY OF OPIOID ABUSE.
  2.  OFFICIALS  AT ANY CAMPUS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, CITY
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAY DESIGNATE ADDITIONAL
EMPLOYEES WHO VOLUNTEER TO ADMINISTER OPIOID ANTAGONISTS IN THE EVENT  A
RESIDENT  ASSISTANT  IS  NOT  PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT A SUSPECTED OVERDOSE
INCIDENT, PROVIDED THAT SUCH  ADDITIONAL  EMPLOYEE  IS  TRAINED  IN  THE
ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS BY A PROGRAM APPROVED UNDER SECTION
THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
  3.  ANY PERSON SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ACT OR OMISSION RELATED TO,
OR ANY HARM RESULTING  FROM,  ADMINISTRATION  OF  AN  OPIOID  ANTAGONIST
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON ACTED REASONABLY AND
IN GOOD FAITH.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01602-01-9

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