STATE OF NEW YORK
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6407
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to opioid overdose
prevention in college housing
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 6438-a. Opioid overdose prevention in college housing. 1. Any campus
4 of the state university of New York, city university of New York or any
5 community college shall provide training in the administration of opioid
6 antagonists by a program approved under section thirty-three hundred
7 nine of the public health law to any resident assistant employed by such
8 campus. Any such campus shall provide and maintain onsite in any
9 college-owned or college-operated housing, opioid antagonists, as
10 defined in section thirty-three hundred nine of the public health law,
11 in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner, in consultation with
12 the commissioner of health. Such opioid antagonists shall be accessible
13 by each resident assistant for use during emergencies to any student or
14 other individual on college-owned or college-operated housing premises
15 suspected of having opioid overdose whether or not there is a previous
16 history of opioid abuse.
17 2. Officials at any campus of the state university of New York, city
18 university of New York or any community college may designate additional
19 employees who volunteer to administer opioid antagonists in the event a
20 resident assistant is not physically present at a suspected overdose
21 incident, provided that such additional employee is trained in the
22 administration of opioid antagonists by a program approved under section
23 thirty-three hundred nine of the public health law.
24 3. Any person shall not be liable for any act or omission related to,
25 or any harm resulting from, administration of an opioid antagonist
26 pursuant to this section, provided that such person acted reasonably and
27 in good faith.
28 § 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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