Assembly Bill A2275

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2275
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the railroad law and  the  public
   authorities  law,  in  relation  to the use and availability of opioid
   antagonists in train stations and on trains operated by public transit
   authorities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (v)  of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 3 of
 section 3309 of the public health law, as added by chapter  148  of  the
 laws  of  2020, is amended and a new subparagraph (vii) is added to read
 as follows:
   (v) As used in this section, "entity" includes, but is not limited to,
 a school district, public  library,  board  of  cooperative  educational
 services,  county  vocational  education  and  extension  board, charter
 school, non-public elementary  or  secondary  school,  restaurant,  bar,
 retail store, shopping mall, barber shop, beauty parlor, theater, sport-
 ing or event center, PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY, inn, hotel or motel.
   (VII)  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION, "PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY" MEANS A
 PUBLIC AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED UNDER  THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW  WHICH
 PROVIDES PUBLIC RAIL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
   §  2. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. EVERY TRAIN AND TRAIN STATION OPERATED BY A PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHOR-
 ITY SHALL CONTAIN AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST. PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITIES SHALL
 PROVIDE TRAINING, APPROVED BY THE  COMMISSIONER,  TO  EMPLOYEES  ON  THE
 PROPER USE OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST.
   § 3.  Section 77-a of the railroad law, as added by chapter 468 of the
 laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows:
   §  77-a.  First-aid  equipment on locomotives. It shall be unlawful to
 operate a locomotive outside the designated yard limits of any  railroad

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05752-01-5
              

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 in the state of New York unless said locomotive shall be equipped with a
 first-aid  kit  containing  necessary  emergency  medical  equipment and
 supplies.
   Said kit shall include as minimum supplies:
   1 roll of 1-inch wide gauze bandage -- minimum of 10 yards.
   1 roll of 1-inch wide adhesive tape -- minimum of 5 yards.
   1 package of absorbent gauze compresses, at least 3 inches by 3 inches
 -- minimum of 6 in number.
   At least 12 -- 1-inch individual sanitary band aids.
   Bottle  of  iodine  or  mercurochrome or tincture of methyolate, or an
 equivalent antiseptic, minimum of 1 ounce bottle.
   Minimum of 2 ounce bottle of smelling salts or six ampoules of spirits
 of ammonia.
   Minimum of 3 ounce bottle of a standard  eye  wash  preparation,  with
 necessary eye wash glass.
   Jar or tube of white petroleum jelly or unguentine for burns.
   AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST.
   All above material shall be packed in a suitable metal box or contain-
 er and be sealed.
   Items, as used, should be replaced within twenty-four hours by proper-
 ly  designated  railroad personnel and such kit resealed for future use.
 It shall be unlawful to remove or use any such  first-aid  kit,  or  any
 supplies  contained  in any such kit, for other than first-aid purposes.
 Violation of said provisions shall be punishable by a fine of  not  more
 than twenty-five dollars.
   § 4. Section 1266-a of the public authorities law, as added by chapter
 928 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   §  1266-a. Medical emergency services. The authority is hereby author-
 ized and directed to prepare and develop a  medical  emergency  services
 program  to be implemented at a time to be specified in such program for
 the benefit  of  persons  utilizing  transportation  and  other  related
 services  of  the authority. Such program may include but not be limited
 to provision for the following: The training of designated employees  in
 first aid, emergency techniques and procedures, handling and positioning
 of  stricken commuters, [and] knowledge of procedures and equipment used
 for respiratory and cardiac emergencies, AND KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF OPIOID
 ANTAGONISTS WHICH SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON ALL  TRAINS  AND  IN  TRAIN
 STATIONS  OPERATED  BY THE AUTHORITY. Such program shall be submitted to
 the legislature not later than one hundred eighty days  next  succeeding
 the effective date of this section.
   §  5.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision 1 of section 1266-b of the public
 authorities law, as amended by chapter 396  of  the  laws  of  2005,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   a.  The  authority  in  consultation with the Long Island Rail Road is
 hereby authorized and directed  to  implement  a  comprehensive  medical
 emergency  services  program,  including an emergency response protocol,
 not later than September first, two thousand five, for  the  benefit  of
 persons  utilizing transportation and other related services of the Long
 Island Rail Road. Such program shall  include  but  not  be  limited  to
 provision  for  the  following:  The training of designated employees in
 first aid, emergency techniques and procedures, handling and positioning
 of stricken commuters, knowledge of procedures and  equipment  used  for
 respiratory  [and], cardiac emergencies and an emergency response proto-
 col for all employees, AND KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS WHICH
 SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON ALL TRAINS AND IN ALL TRAIN STATIONS OPERATED
 BY THE AUTHORITY.
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   § 6. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.