Bill Text: NY A10165 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public libraries to carry opioid antagonists and requires training for staff in the administration of opioid antagonists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-22 - referred to libraries and education technology [A10165 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10165-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10165
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 22, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
        AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  public
          libraries  to  carry  opioid  antagonists  and to require training for
          staff in 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 922 of the education law, as amended by chapter 68
     2  of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 922.  Opioid  overdose  prevention.  1.  School  districts,  [public
     4  libraries,]  boards  of  cooperative  educational services, county voca-
     5  tional education and extension boards, charter schools,  and  non-public
     6  elementary  and secondary schools in this state may provide and maintain
     7  on-site in each instructional school facility or library, opioid  antag-
     8  onists,  as  defined in section three thousand three hundred nine of the
     9  public health law, in quantities and types deemed by  the  commissioner,
    10  in  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of  health, to be adequate to
    11  ensure ready and appropriate access for use during  emergencies  to  any
    12  student,  individual  on  library  premises or staff suspected of having
    13  opioid overdose whether or not there is a  previous  history  of  opioid
    14  abuse.
    15    2.  School districts, [public libraries,] boards of cooperative educa-
    16  tional services, county vocational education and extension boards, char-
    17  ter schools, and non-public elementary and  secondary  schools  in  this
    18  state may elect to participate as an opioid antagonist recipient and any
    19  person  employed  by any such entity that has elected to participate may
    20  administer an opioid antagonist in the event of an  emergency,  provided
    21  that  such  person  shall  have been trained by a program approved under
    22  section three thousand three hundred nine of the public health law.  Any
    23  school  district,  [public  library,]  board  of cooperative educational
    24  services, county  vocational  education  and  extension  board,  charter
    25  school,  and non-public elementary and secondary school that has employ-
    26  ees trained in accordance  with  this  section  shall  comply  with  the
    27  requirements  of section three thousand three hundred nine of the public
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14999-01-8
        A. 10165                            2
     1  health law including, but not limited  to,  appropriate  clinical  over-
     2  sight,  record  keeping  and  reporting.  No person shall be required to
     3  participate in the program and any participation by an individual  shall
     4  be voluntary.
     5    3.  Public  libraries shall provide and maintain on-site opioid antag-
     6  onists, as defined in section three thousand three hundred nine  of  the
     7  public  health  law, in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner,
     8  in consultation with the commissioner  of  health,  to  be  adequate  to
     9  ensure  ready  and  appropriate access for use during emergencies to any
    10  individual on library premises suspected of having  an  opioid  overdose
    11  whether  or  not  there  is  a  previous history of opioid abuse at such
    12  library. Public libraries shall  require  at  least  two  staff  members
    13  employed  by  such  library  be  trained in the administration of opioid
    14  antagonists by a program approved under  section  three  thousand  three
    15  hundred  nine of the public health law, provided that one of the trained
    16  staff members shall be the branch manager of such library.
    17    4. Any person shall not be liable for any act or omission related  to,
    18  or  any  harm  resulting  from,  administration  of an opioid antagonist
    19  pursuant to this section, provided that such person acted reasonable and
    20  in good faith.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.