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A00942 Summary:

BILL NO	A00942
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Rosenthal L
COSPNSR	Santabarbara
MLTSPNSR
Amd §3309, add §3055, Pub Health L
Relates to authorizing and establishing a training program for paramedics for the administration of buprenorphine.

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A00942 Actions:

BILL NO	A00942
01/11/2023	referred to health
01/03/2024	referred to health

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A00942 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           942
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  authorizing  and
          establishing  a training program for paramedics for the administration
          of buprenorphine
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. The commissioner shall develop a training  program  and  associated
     4  training  materials  for paramedics providing emergency medical services
     5  on protocols for the administration of buprenorphine upon  the  adminis-
     6  tration  of  naloxone. Paramedics shall be authorized to carry buprenor-
     7  phine for administration pursuant  to  such  protocols  in  cases  of  a
     8  suspected  overdose.  Such  protocols shall permit the administration of
     9  buprenorphine upon a paramedic receiving:
    10    (a) authorization from the physician supervising such paramedic; and
    11    (b) informed consent from the person receiving such emergency  medical
    12  services.
    13    §  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3055 to
    14  read as follows:
    15    § 3055. Buprenorphine administration. The commissioner  shall  provide
    16  the  training  program  relating  to the administration of buprenorphine
    17  upon the administration of naloxone pursuant  to  subdivision  eight  of
    18  section  thirty-three  hundred  nine  of  this chapter to all paramedics
    19  providing emergency medical services. Upon completion of  such  training
    20  paramedics shall be authorized to carry buprenorphine for administration
    21  in cases of a suspected overdose pursuant to the established protocols.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    23  it shall have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01253-01-3

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