STATE OF NEW YORK
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9289
IN SENATE
May 9, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
Use Disorders
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring certain
locations and venues maintain a supply of opioid antagonists
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 3309 of the public health law, as
2 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
3 8. The commissioner shall establish guidelines for onsite opioid over-
4 dose response capacity in nightlife establishments, sporting or event
5 centers, theaters, concert venues, and amusement parks. Such guidelines
6 shall include, but shall not be limited to:
7 (a) maintaining a supply of unexpired opioid antagonist nasal spray;
8 and
9 (b) having employed and at such location whenever in operation at
10 least two persons trained in identifying opioid overdoses and using
11 opioid antagonists.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14868-01-4
