NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7774

Senate Bill S7774

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs a study and report concerning the prescribing and treatment history of persons in this state who suffered fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses

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2019-S7774 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8933
Current Committee:: Senate Alcoholism And Substance Abuse
Law Section:: Health
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S2980, A606

2019-S7774 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health, in cooperation with various state offices and agencies to study, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the prescribing and treatment history of persons in this state who suffered fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses.

2019-S7774 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7774

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to direct the department of health, in cooperation with various
state offices and agencies to study, evaluate, and make recommendations
concerning the prescribing and treatment history of persons in this
state who suffered fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses

 
PURPOSE:

To improve data sharing amongst various agencies and offices to reduce
overdose rates in New York State.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one directs state agencies and offices to conduct a study on the
circumstances of fatal and nonfatal overdoses in the state.

Section two sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 2017, there were more than 3,200 overdose deaths around New York
State. In 2016, there were more than 11,000 emergency room visits for
opioid overdoses. While efforts have been made to reduce overdose, such
as increasing access to naloxone and medication assisted treatment, more
must be done to ensure anyone struggling with an opioid use disorder,
regardless of geography, insurance status or other circumstance, has
adequate access to treatment and recovery programs.

A key component in implementing policies to reduce overdose is data
sharing. Multiple offices and state agencies are involved in fighting
the overdose crisis, including the Office of Addiction Services and
Supports, the Office of Mental Hygiene, and the Department of
Corrections and Community Supervision. By improving data sharing among
these offices, we can gain a better understanding of the extent of
opioid use disorder in New York State and identify any potential gaps in
care that should be addressed to reduce overdose rates.

This legislation will require the Department of Health to work in coop-
eration with other relevant agencies and departments to study the anony-
mous prescribing and treatment history of individuals who have suffered
overdose, including those in the criminal justice system, and their
experiences with seeking treatment. Upon completion of gathering such
anonymized data, a report on the trends that were discovered will be
made available to the legislature for purposes of developing policy to
further reduce overdose.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S7774 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7774
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 18, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
   Abuse
 
 AN  ACT  to direct the department of health, in cooperation with various
   state offices and agencies to study, evaluate,  and  make  recommenda-
   tions  concerning  the prescribing and treatment history of persons in
   this state who suffered fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Study of the prescribing and treatment history of persons
 in this state who suffered fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses. 1. Defi-
 nitions. For the purposes of this section:
   a. "Multiple provider episodes" shall mean  a  single  patient  having
 access to opiate prescriptions from more than one provider.
   b.  "Poly-substance  access"  shall mean a patient having simultaneous
 prescriptions for an opiate and a benzodiazepine or for  an  opiate  and
 another drug which may enhance the effects or the risks of drug abuse or
 overdose.
   c.  "Provider"  shall  include  any  individual practicing medicine as
 defined in section 6521 of the education law.
   2. Study. The department of health, in cooperation with the department
 of corrections  and  community  supervision,  the  office  of  addiction
 services  and supports, and the office of mental health, shall conduct a
 study of the prescribing and treatment history, including  court-ordered
 treatment or treatment within the criminal justice system, of persons in
 this  state who suffered fatal or nonfatal opiate overdoses beginning in
 the calendar years 2011 to 2019 and yearly thereafter. Such study shall,
 with regard to such persons, conduct or provide for an examination of:
   a. instances of multiple provider episodes;
   b. instances of poly-substance access;
   c. the overall opiate prescription history of  individuals,  including
 whether  such  individuals  had access to legal prescriptions for opiate
 drugs at the time of their overdoses;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13522-03-9

 S. 7774                             2
 
   d. whether individuals had previously undergone voluntary or  involun-
 tary treatment for substance addiction or behavioral health;
   e.  whether  individuals had attempted to enter but were denied access
 to treatment for substance addiction or behavioral health;
   f. whether individuals had received past  treatment  for  a  substance
 overdose; and
   g. whether any individuals had been previously detained or incarcerat-
 ed  and,  if  so, whether such individuals had received treatment during
 such detention or incarceration.
   3. Report. No later than one year after the  effective  date  of  this
 act,  the  department  of  health, in cooperation with the department of
 corrections and community supervision, the office of addiction  services
 and supports, and the office of mental health, shall deliver a report in
 an  aggregate  and  de-identified  form on trends discovered through the
 study conducted pursuant to subdivision  two  of  this  section  to  the
 governor,  the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the
 assembly.  The reports for the calendar year 2019 shall be completed and
 delivered to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the
 speaker of the assembly by December 31, 2020. For future calendar years,
 the report shall be completed and delivered to such persons on or before
 December 31 of the following year.
   4. Powers. All other departments or agencies of the state or  subdivi-
 sions  thereof,  and  local  governments  shall,  at  the request of the
 commissioner of health, the commissioner of  corrections  and  community
 supervision,  the  commissioner  of the office of addiction services and
 supports, or the commissioner of the office of mental health, or at  the
 request  of  the  designee  of any such commissioner, provide expertise,
 assistance, and/or data that is relevant or material to  the  completion
 of the study directed to be completed by subdivision two of this section
 and  the  report  directed  to be completed by subdivision three of this
 section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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