Requires informational materials regarding the use of opioid antagonists for first aid or emergency treatment to provide information of the application of good samaritan laws to protect against liability.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6361
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 6, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to information
regarding the use of opioid antagonists for first aid or emergency
treatment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3-a of section 3309 of the public health law,
2 as added by chapter 34 of the laws of 2014 and as renumbered by section
3 3 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 3-a. Any distribution of opioid antagonists through this program shall
6 include an informational card or sheet. The informational card or sheet
7 shall include, at a minimum, information on:
8 (a) how to recognize symptoms of an opioid overdose;
9 (b) steps to take prior to and after an opioid antagonist is adminis-
10 tered, including calling first responders;
11 (c) the number for the toll free office of alcoholism and substance
12 abuse services HOPE line;
13 (d) how to access the office of alcoholism and substance abuse
14 services' website; [and]
15 (e) the application of good samaritan protections provided in section
16 three thousand-a of this chapter; and
17 (f) any other information deemed relevant by the commissioner.
18 The educational card shall be provided in languages other than English
19 as deemed appropriate by the commissioner. The department shall make
20 such informational cards available to the opioid overdose prevention
21 programs.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
23 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06770-01-9
