Requires that if a person is treated at a hospital and such hospital conducts a urine drug screening to assist in diagnosing the person's condition, the hospital shall include testing for fentanyl in such urine drug screening; defines urine drug screening.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6085
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 28, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 requiring hospi-
tals to include testing for fentanyl in urine drug screenings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 2831 to read as follows:
3 § 2831. Urine drug screening. 1. If a person is treated at a hospital
4 and such hospital conducts a urine drug screening to assist in diagnos-
5 ing such person's condition, the hospital shall include testing for
6 fentanyl in such urine drug screening.
7 2. For the purposes of this section, "urine drug screening" means a
8 chemical analysis intended to test individuals for the presence of
9 multiple drugs, including cocaine, opioids, and phencyclidine.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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