Add §221-e, Exec L; add §663, County L; add §209-ff, Gen Muni L; add §3000-e, Pub Health L
Requires members of the state, county, city, village and town police, sheriff's departments, fire departments and emergency medical service providers to be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7197--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 12, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, PALUMBO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the executive law, the county law, the general municipal
law and the public health law, in relation to requiring members of the
state police, county, city, village, town and district police depart-
ments, sheriff's departments, fire departments and emergency medical
service providers to be trained in the administration of opioid antag-
onists
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. 1. Definitions. As used
4 in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
5 (a) "Opioid" means an opiate as defined in section thirty-three
6 hundred two of the public health law.
7 (b) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administration-
8 approved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole
9 or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The
10 opioid antagonist is limited to naloxone or other medications approved
11 by the department of health for this purpose.
12 2. All members of the state police shall be required to be trained in
13 the administration of opioid antagonists and shall carry opioid antag-
14 onists in their vehicles when on duty.
15 3. All members of the state police shall:
16 (a) complete an initial training program, which may include a depart-
17 ment of health registered opioid overdose prevention training program;
18 (b) complete a refresher training program at least every two years;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (c) contact the emergency medical system during any response to a
2 victim of suspected drug overdose and advise if an opioid antagonist is
3 being used;
4 (d) comply with protocols for response to victims of suspected drug
5 overdose; and
6 (e) report all responses to victims of suspected drug overdose to the
7 department of health.
8 4. The costs of training and purchasing opioid antagonists shall be
9 paid for out of the department of corrections and community supervision
10 asset forfeiture account established under section ninety-seven-ooo of
11 the state finance law.
12 § 2. The county law is amended by adding a new section 663 to read as
13 follows:
14 § 663. Opioid antagonist training and use. 1. Definitions. As used in
15 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
16 (a) "Opioid" means an opiate as defined in section thirty-three
17 hundred two of the public health law.
18 (b) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administration-
19 approved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole
20 or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The
21 opioid antagonist is limited to naloxone or other medications approved
22 by the department of health for this purpose.
23 2. All sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputy sheriffs shall be required
24 to be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists and shall
25 carry opioid antagonists in their vehicles when on duty.
26 3. All sheriffs, undersheriffs and deputy sheriffs shall:
27 (a) complete an initial training program, which may include a depart-
28 ment of health registered opioid overdose prevention training program;
29 (b) complete a refresher training program at least every two years;
30 (c) contact the emergency medical system during any response to a
31 victim of suspected drug overdose and advise if an opioid antagonist is
32 being used;
33 (d) comply with protocols for response to victims of suspected drug
34 overdose; and
35 (e) report all responses to victims of suspected drug overdose to the
36 department of health.
37 4. The costs of training and purchasing opioid antagonists shall be
38 paid for out of the department of corrections and community supervision
39 asset forfeiture account established under section ninety-seven-ooo of
40 the state finance law.
41 § 3. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section
42 209-ff to read as follows:
43 § 209-ff. Opioid antagonist training and use. 1. Definitions. As used
44 in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
45 (a) "Opioid" means an opiate as defined in section thirty-three
46 hundred two of the public health law.
47 (b) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administration-
48 approved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole
49 or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The
50 opioid antagonist is limited to naloxone or other medications approved
51 by the department of health for this purpose.
52 2. All members of a police or fire department organized at the county,
53 city, village, town, or district level shall be required to be trained
54 in the administration of opioid antagonists and shall carry opioid
55 antagonists in their vehicles when on duty.
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1 3. All members of a police or fire department organized at the county,
2 city, village, town or district level shall:
3 (a) complete an initial training program, which may include a depart-
4 ment of health registered opioid overdose prevention training program;
5 (b) complete a refresher training program at least every two years;
6 (c) contact the emergency medical system during any response to a
7 victim of suspected drug overdose and advise if an opioid antagonist is
8 being used;
9 (d) comply with protocols for response to victims of suspected drug
10 overdose; and
11 (e) report all responses to victims of suspected drug overdose to the
12 department of health.
13 4. The costs of training and purchasing opioid antagonists shall be
14 paid for out of the department of corrections and community supervision
15 asset forfeiture account established under section ninety-seven-ooo of
16 the state finance law.
17 § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3000-e
18 to read as follows:
19 § 3000-e. Opioid antagonist training and use. 1. Definitions. As used
20 in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
21 (a) "Opioid" means an opiate as defined in section thirty-three
22 hundred two of this chapter.
23 (b) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administration-
24 approved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole
25 or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The
26 opioid antagonist is limited to naloxone or other medications approved
27 by the department for this purpose.
28 2. Anyone who provides emergency medical services shall be required to
29 be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists and shall carry
30 opioid antagonists in their vehicle when on duty.
31 3. Anyone who provides emergency medical services shall:
32 (a) complete an initial training program, which may include a depart-
33 ment registered opioid overdose prevention training program;
34 (b) complete a refresher training program at least every two years;
35 (c) contact the emergency medical system during any response to a
36 victim of suspected drug overdose and advise if an opioid antagonist is
37 being used;
38 (d) comply with protocols for response to victims of suspected drug
39 overdose; and
40 (e) report all responses to victims of suspected drug overdose to the
41 department.
42 4. The costs of training and purchasing opioid antagonists shall be
43 paid for out of the department of corrections and community supervision
44 asset forfeiture account established under section ninety-seven-ooo of
45 the state finance law.
46 § 5. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
47 law.
