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Senate Bill S4660

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to information regarding the use of opioid antagonists for first aid or emergency treatment

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2019-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7277
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3309, Pub Health L

2019-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires informational materials regarding the use of opioid antagonists for first aid or emergency treatment to provide information of the application of good samaritan laws to protect against liability.

2019-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4660
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
   Abuse
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law, in relation to information
   regarding the use of opioid antagonists for  first  aid  or  emergency
   treatment

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3-a of section 3309 of the public  health  law,
 as  added by chapter 34 of the laws of 2014 and as renumbered by section
 3 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3-a. Any distribution of opioid antagonists through this program shall
 include  an informational card or sheet. The informational card or sheet
 shall include, at a minimum, information on:
   (a) how to recognize symptoms of an opioid overdose;
   (b) steps to take prior to and after an opioid antagonist is  adminis-
 tered, including calling first responders;
   (c)  the  number  for the toll free office of alcoholism and substance
 abuse services HOPE line;
   (d) how to  access  the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse
 services' website; [and]
   (e)  THE APPLICATION OF GOOD SAMARITAN PROTECTIONS PROVIDED IN SECTION
 THREE THOUSAND-A OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
   (F) any other information deemed relevant by the commissioner.
   The educational card shall be provided in languages other than English
 as deemed appropriate by the commissioner.  The  department  shall  make
 such  informational  cards  available  to the opioid overdose prevention
 programs.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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