| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to health |
| Feb 03, 2021 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S4364
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
2021-S4364 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3030
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4141, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2019-2020:
A9574
2023-2024: S2696, A1049
2021-S4364 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4364
SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to including pain
management medications on a death certificate where a death is caused by
an opioid overdose
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this legislation is to require that in the case of opioid
overdose any other pain management medications prescribed to the dece-
dent is recorded on the death certificate.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1- Amends section 4141 (d) (4) of the public health law, to
require that in the case of opioid death, the death certificate should
include any other pain management medications, with a particular empha-
sis on gabapentin, that the decedent was prescribed.
2021-S4364 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4364
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 3, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including pain
management medications on a death certificate where a death is caused
by an opioid overdose
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the
public health law, as amended by chapter 443 of the laws of 2019, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Where a death is caused by an opioid overdose, such information
shall be indicated on the certificate, including, if known to the person
completing the death certificate, the specific opioid that caused the
death of the decedent AND ANY OTHER PAIN MANAGEMENT MEDICATIONS, INCLUD-
ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GABAPENTIN, THAT THE DECEDENT WAS PRESCRIBED,
along with any other related information as the commissioner may
require.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01904-01-1
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