Add §221-e, Exec L; add §663, County L; add §209-rr, Gen Muni L
Requires that state and local police handlers of police detection dogs be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists to dogs and also have opioid antagonists ready to be administered if such police detection dog overdoses.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1066
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, the county law, and the general
municipal law, in relation to requiring all state and local police
officers who are handlers of police detection dogs to be trained in
the administration of opioid antagonists to dogs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 221-e
2 to read as follows:
3 § 221-e. Opioid antagonist training and use for police detection dogs.
4 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following
5 meanings:
6 (a) "Opioid" means an opiate as defined in section thirty-three
7 hundred two of the public health law.
8 (b) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administration-
9 approved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole
10 or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The
11 opioid antagonist shall be limited to naloxone or other medications
12 approved by the department of health for this purpose.
13 (c) "Police detection dog" means any dog that is owned or harbored by
14 any state or municipal police department or any state law enforcement
15 agency, which has been trained or is undergoing training to be used to
16 aid law enforcement officers for the purpose of detecting controlled
17 substances.
18 (d) "Intranasally" means administered into the nasal structures.
19 (e) "Intravenously" means administered by injection into a vein or
20 veins.
21 (f) "Intramuscularly" means administered by injection directly into a
22 muscle.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04824-01-9
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1 2. Members of the state police who are handlers of police detection
2 dogs shall be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists to
3 dogs who suffer from an opioid overdose as a result of detecting
4 controlled substances.
5 3. (a) Such training shall include how to administer opioid antag-
6 onists intranasally, intravenously or intramuscularly to dogs and any
7 required follow up procedure.
8 (b) Members of the state police who are handlers of police detection
9 dogs shall complete a refresher training program at least every two
10 years.
11 4. Officers shall carry an opioid antagonist whenever handling a
12 police detection dog and shall administer such antagonist if the police
13 detection dog exhibits signs of an opioid overdose.
14 5. The state police shall establish procedures that require police
15 detection dogs be examined by a veterinarian in the employ of the state
16 police, or who is approved by the state police, following the adminis-
17 tering of an opioid antagonist to a police detection dog. Such veteri-
18 narian shall submit a report to the state police regarding the health of
19 the dog after suffering from the opioid overdose.
20 § 2. The county law is amended by adding a new section 663 to read as
21 follows:
22 § 663. Opioid antagonist training and use for police detection dogs.
23 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following
24 meanings:
25 (a) "Opioid" means an opiate as defined in section thirty-three
26 hundred two of the public health law.
27 (b) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administration-
28 approved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole
29 or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The
30 opioid antagonist shall be limited to naloxone or other medications
31 approved by the department of health for this purpose.
32 (c) "Police detection dog" means any dog that is owned or harbored by
33 any state or municipal police department or any state law enforcement
34 agency, which has been trained or is undergoing training to be used to
35 aid law enforcement officers for the purpose of detecting controlled
36 substances.
37 (d) "Intranasally" means administered into the nasal structures.
38 (e) "Intravenously" means administered by injection into a vein or
39 veins.
40 (f) "Intramuscularly" means administered by injection directly into a
41 muscle.
42 2. All sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputy sheriffs who are handlers
43 of police detection dogs shall be trained in the administration of
44 opioid antagonists to dogs who suffer from an opioid overdose as a
45 result of detecting controlled substances.
46 3. (a) Such training shall include how to administer opioid antag-
47 onists intranasally, intravenously or intramuscularly to dogs and any
48 required follow up procedure.
49 (b) Sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputy sheriffs who are handlers of
50 police detection dogs shall complete a refresher training program at
51 least every two years.
52 4. Officers shall carry an opioid antagonist whenever handling a
53 police detection dog and shall administer such antagonist if the police
54 detection dog exhibits signs of an opioid overdose.
55 5. The sheriff's office shall establish procedures that require police
56 detection dogs be examined by a veterinarian in the employ of the sher-
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1 iff's office, or who is approved by the sheriff's office, following the
2 administering of an opioid antagonist to a police detection dog. Such
3 veterinarian shall submit a report to the sheriff's office on the health
4 of the dog after suffering from the opioid overdose.
5 § 3. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section
6 209-rr to read as follows:
7 § 209-rr. Opioid antagonist training and use for police detection
8 dogs. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
9 following meanings:
10 (a) "Opioid" means an opiate as defined in section thirty-three
11 hundred two of the public health law.
12 (b) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administration-
13 approved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole
14 or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The
15 opioid antagonist shall be limited to naloxone or other medications
16 approved by the department of health for this purpose.
17 (c) "Police detection dog" means any dog that is owned or harbored by
18 any state or municipal police department or any state law enforcement
19 agency, which has been trained or is undergoing training to be used to
20 aid law enforcement officers for the purpose of detecting controlled
21 substances.
22 (d) "Intranasally" means administered into the nasal structures.
23 (e) "Intravenously" means administered by injection into a vein or
24 veins.
25 (f) "Intramuscularly" means administered by injection directly into a
26 muscle.
27 2. Members of police departments who are handlers of police detection
28 dogs shall be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists to
29 dogs who suffer from an opioid overdose as a result of detecting
30 controlled substances.
31 3. (a) Such training shall include how to administer opioid antag-
32 onists intranasally, intravenously or intramuscularly to dogs and any
33 required follow up procedure.
34 (b) Members of police departments who are handlers of police detection
35 dogs shall complete a refresher training program at least every two
36 years.
37 4. Officers shall carry an opioid antagonist whenever handling a
38 police detection dog and shall administer such antagonist if the police
39 detection dog exhibits signs of an opioid overdose.
40 5. The department shall establish procedures that require police
41 detection dogs be examined by a veterinarian in the employ of the
42 department, or who is approved by the department, following the adminis-
43 tering of an opioid antagonist to a police detection dog. Such veteri-
44 narian shall submit a report to the department on the health of the dog
45 after suffering from the opioid overdose.
46 § 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
47 law.
