S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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750
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
to establishing a training program for first responders for responding
to victims of suspected drug overdose and 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 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING
COUNCIL AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE, SHALL DEVELOP A TRAINING
PROGRAM AND ASSOCIATED TRAINING MATERIALS, TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND
INFORMATION TO POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL
ON PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE
ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.
§ 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3055 to
read as follows:
§ 3055. OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE THE
TRAINING PROGRAM RELATING TO PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF
SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE OF THIS CHAPTER TO ALL
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, ADVANCED EMERGENCY
MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATORS.
§ 3. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
(A) DEVELOP, MAINTAIN AND DISSEMINATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CONSISTENT WITH
SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, REGARDING
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE
ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS. SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL
MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF NEW AND VETERAN POLICE
OFFICERS ON THE PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG
OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS; AND
(B) RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNOR, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF A TRAINING
PROGRAM FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
§ 4. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 214-i to
read as follows:
§ 214-I. OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL, FOR ALL
MEMBERS OF THE STATE POLICE:
1. DEVELOP, MAINTAIN AND DISSEMINATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF HEALTH, WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CONSISTENT WITH
SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, REGARDING
PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE
ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS. SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL
MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF NEW AND VETERAN POLICE
OFFICERS ON THE PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG
OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS; AND
2. RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNOR, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF A TRAINING
PROGRAM FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of
health may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the imple-
mentation of this act on or before such effective date.