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Senate Bill S4437

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to a public awareness educational program on heroin; appropriation

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2019-S4437 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.09, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7101
2015-2016: S1560
2017-2018: S2351
2021-2022: S4755
2023-2024: S5858
2025-2026: S4184

2019-S4437 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a public awareness educational program on heroin; and makes an appropriation therefor.

2019-S4437 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4437 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4437
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, BAILEY, HOYLMAN, MONTGOMERY, RIVERA
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Finance
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to a public aware-
   ness educational program on heroin; and making an appropriation there-
   for

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  19.09  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (k) to read as follows:
   (K) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  CREATE  A  MULTI-FACETED  PUBLIC  OUTREACH
 PROGRAM  TO  RAISE AWARENESS OF THE INHERENT DANGERS AND COSTS OF HEROIN
 USE. THE PROGRAM SHALL CONSIST OF SUCH PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS  AND
 INTERACTIVE  MEDIA SPOTS DESIGNED TO REACH THE BROADEST POSSIBLE GENERAL
 AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS THOSE DESIGNED TO SPECIFICALLY TARGET THOSE  SOCIAL
 AND  AGE  GROUPS  THAT  ARE  MOST AT RISK FOR EXPERIMENTING WITH HEROIN,
 THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY USING HEROIN,  AND  THOSE  WHO  ARE  SEEKING  OR
 UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR HEROIN ADDICTION.  THE CONTENT OF SUCH OUTREACH
 EFFORTS  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO, SUCH TOPICS AS: THE
 DANGERS OF ADDICTION AFTER ONLY ONE USE; SECTION  220.78  OF  THE  PENAL
 LAW, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS NEW YORK STATE'S GOOD SAMARITAN LAW; THE CURRENT
 DEMOGRAPHICS  OF  HEROIN ADDICTION; THE RECOGNIZABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL SYMP-
 TOMS OF ADDICTION; THE AVAILABILITY AND THE  CRITICAL  EFFECTIVENESS  OF
 ADMINISTERING  AN  OPIOID ANTAGONIST IN CASES OF SUSPECTED OVERDOSE; AND
 THE AVAILABILITY OF THE OFFICE'S HOPELINE.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  POST
 THE  ANNOUNCEMENTS,  EXAMINE  ALL  POSSIBLE  METHODOLOGIES, AND TAKE ALL
 OTHER EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, TO  ENSURE  THAT
 THE  ANNOUNCEMENTS  ARE  VIEWED  BY  THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE.   THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO PROVIDE  COPIES  OF  THE  ANNOUNCEMENTS  ON  ITS
 WEBSITE  IN  A  HIGHLY  VISIBLE LOCATION THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BE FREELY
 DOWNLOADED BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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