Assembly Bill A4149

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires public libraries to carry opioid antagonists and requires training for staff in the administration of opioid antagonists

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A4149 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §922, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10165
2019-2020: A6408
2021-2022: A4497

2023-A4149 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public libraries to carry opioid antagonists; requires training for staff in the administration of opioid antagonists.

2023-A4149 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4149
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  public
   libraries  to  carry  opioid  antagonists  and to require training for
   staff in the administration of opioid antagonists

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 922 of the education law, as amended by chapter 68
 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   § 922.  Opioid  overdose  prevention.  1.  School  districts,  [public
 libraries,]  boards  of  cooperative  educational services, county voca-
 tional education and extension boards, charter schools,  and  non-public
 elementary  and secondary schools in this state may provide and maintain
 on-site in each instructional school facility or library, opioid  antag-
 onists,  as  defined in section three thousand three hundred nine of the
 public health law, in quantities and types deemed by  the  commissioner,
 in  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of  health, to be adequate to
 ensure ready and appropriate access for use during  emergencies  to  any
 student,  individual  on  library  premises or staff suspected of having
 opioid overdose whether or not there is a  previous  history  of  opioid
 abuse.
   2.  School districts, [public libraries,] boards of cooperative educa-
 tional services, county vocational education and extension boards, char-
 ter schools, and non-public elementary and  secondary  schools  in  this
 state may elect to participate as an opioid antagonist recipient and any
 person  employed  by any such entity that has elected to participate may
 administer an opioid antagonist in the event of an  emergency,  provided
 that  such  person  shall  have been trained by a program approved under
 section three thousand three hundred nine of the public health law.  Any
 school  district,  [public  library,]  board  of cooperative educational
 services, county  vocational  education  and  extension  board,  charter
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08965-01-3
              

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