Bill Text: NY A02154 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a training program for first responders for responding to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of opioid antagonists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-12 - print number 2154a [A02154 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02154-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2154--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Health  in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
          to establishing a training program for first responders for responding
          to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of opioid
          antagonists

          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,  in consultation with municipal police training
     4  council and the superintendent of state police, shall develop a training
     5  program and associated training materials, to  provide  instruction  and
     6  information  to police officers and emergency medical services personnel
     7  on protocols for response to victims of suspected drug overdose and  the
     8  administration of opioid antagonists.
     9    §  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3055 to
    10  read as follows:
    11    § 3055. Opioid overdose prevention. The commissioner shall provide the
    12  training program relating  to  protocols  for  response  to  victims  of
    13  suspected  drug  overdose  and  the administration of opioid antagonists
    14  pursuant to section thirty-three hundred nine of  this  chapter  to  all
    15  emergency  medical  services  personnel  including,  but not limited to,
    16  first responders,  emergency  medical  technicians,  advanced  emergency
    17  medical technicians and emergency vehicle operators.
    18    §  3.  Section  840  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
    19  subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    20    7. The council shall, in addition:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (a) Develop,  maintain  and  disseminate,  in  consultation  with  the
     2  commissioner  of health, written policies and procedures consistent with
     3  section thirty-three hundred nine of the public  health  law,  regarding
     4  protocols  for  response  to  victims of suspected drug overdose and the
     5  administration of opioid antagonists. Such policies and procedures shall
     6  make provisions for the education and training of new and veteran police
     7  officers  on  the  protocols  for  response to victims of suspected drug
     8  overdose and the administration of opioid antagonists; and
     9    (b) Recommend to the governor, rules and regulations with  respect  to
    10  the  establishment  and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training
    11  program for all current and new police officers regarding  the  policies
    12  and  procedures  established  pursuant  to  this subdivision, along with
    13  recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers.
    14    § 4. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  214-h  to
    15  read as follows:
    16    § 214-h. Opioid overdose prevention. The superintendent shall, for all
    17  members of the state police:
    18    1. Develop, maintain and disseminate, in consultation with the commis-
    19  sioner  of  health,  written  policies  and  procedures  consistent with
    20  section thirty-three hundred nine of the public  health  law,  regarding
    21  protocols  for  response  to  victims of suspected drug overdose and the
    22  administration of opioid antagonists. Such policies and procedures shall
    23  make provisions for the education and training of new and veteran police
    24  officers on the protocols for response  to  victims  of  suspected  drug
    25  overdose and the administration of opioid antagonists; and
    26    2.  Recommend  to  the governor, rules and regulations with respect to
    27  establishment and implementation on  an  ongoing  basis  of  a  training
    28  program  for  all current and new police officers regarding the policies
    29  and procedures established pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  along  with
    30  recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers.
    31    § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    32  it  shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of
    33  health may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the imple-
    34  mentation of this act on or before such effective date.