Requires public institutions and buildings to be equipped with opioid antagonists; directs the commissioner of general services to promulgate regulations to address the appropriate number of opioid antagonists for such buildings based on the size or occupancy of the buildings, the training of personnel and use of opioid antagonists, and any other matter deemed necessary.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1588--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, GUNTHER, HEVESI, SIMON, SMULLEN,
SILLITTI, SANTABARBARA, McDONALD -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public buildings law and the public health law, in
relation to requiring public institutions and buildings to be equipped
with opioid antagonists
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 "Erin's law".
3 § 2. Section 140 of the public buildings law is amended by adding a
4 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
5 2-a. Subject to regulations promulgated pursuant to this subdivision,
6 it shall be an additional duty of each such superintendent or chief
7 executive officer of each of the public institutions and buildings of
8 the state to equip each such building with opioid antagonists. The
9 commissioner of general services shall promulgate regulations, in coor-
10 dination with the commissioner of health and in full accordance with the
11 standards, powers and authorizations of section thirty-three hundred
12 nine of the public health law, providing for a phase-in schedule of the
13 duty created by this subdivision. Such regulations shall address the
14 appropriate number of opioid antagonists for such buildings, based on
15 the size or occupancy of the buildings; the training of personnel and
16 use of such opioid antagonists; and any other matter deemed necessary by
17 such commissioner to effectuate the duty prescribed by this section.
18 § 3. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
19 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
20 9. The commissioner shall, in full accordance with the standards,
21 powers and authorizations established by this section, coordinate with
22 the commissioner of general services to effectuate the duty established
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 by subdivision two-a of section one hundred forty of the public build-
2 ings law to equip public institutions and buildings with opioid antag-
3 onists.
4 § 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
5 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of
6 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
7 its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
8 such effective date.
