NY State Assembly Bill 2021-A2154A

Assembly Bill A2154A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a training program for first responders for responding to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of opioid antagonists

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 12, 2022	print number 2154a
Apr 12, 2022	amend (t) and recommit to health
Jan 05, 2022	referred to health
Jan 14, 2021	referred to health

Bill Amendments

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A (Active)

2021-A2154 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3309, add §3055, Pub Health L; amd §840, add §214-h, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A10596
2019-2020: A295
2023-2024: A750

2021-A2154 - Summary

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

2021-A2154 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2154
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 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 intra-
   nasal naloxone

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH  MUNICIPAL  POLICE  TRAINING
 COUNCIL AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE, SHALL DEVELOP A TRAINING
 PROGRAM  AND  ASSOCIATED  TRAINING MATERIALS, TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND
 INFORMATION TO POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES  PERSONNEL
 ON  PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE
 ADMINISTRATION OF INTRANASAL NALOXONE.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3055  to
 read as follows:
   § 3055. OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE THE
 TRAINING  PROGRAM  RELATING  TO  PROTOCOLS  FOR  RESPONSE  TO VICTIMS OF
 SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION  OF  INTRANASAL  NALOXONE
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THIRTY-THREE  HUNDRED NINE OF THIS CHAPTER TO ALL
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 FIRST  RESPONDERS,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS,  ADVANCED EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATORS.
   § 4. Section 840 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
   (A)  DEVELOP,  MAINTAIN  AND  DISSEMINATE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CONSISTENT  WITH
 SECTION  THIRTY-THREE  HUNDRED  NINE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, REGARDING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00313-01-1

 A. 2154                             2
 
 PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED  DRUG  OVERDOSE  AND  THE
 ADMINISTRATION  OF  INTRANASAL  NALOXONE.  SUCH  POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 SHALL MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF NEW AND  VETERAN
 POLICE  OFFICERS  ON  THE PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED
 DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF INTRANASAL NALOXONE; AND
   (B) RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNOR, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH  RESPECT  TO
 THE  ESTABLISHMENT  AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF A TRAINING
 PROGRAM FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING  THE  POLICIES
 AND  PROCEDURES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
   § 5. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  214-g  to
 read as follows:
   § 214-G. OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL, FOR ALL
 MEMBERS OF THE STATE POLICE:
   1. DEVELOP, MAINTAIN AND DISSEMINATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  HEALTH,  WRITTEN  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  CONSISTENT WITH
 SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE OF THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,  REGARDING
 PROTOCOLS  FOR  RESPONSE  TO  VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE
 ADMINISTRATION OF INTRANASAL  NALOXONE.  SUCH  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES
 SHALL  MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF NEW AND VETERAN
 POLICE OFFICERS ON THE PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO  VICTIMS  OF  SUSPECTED
 DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF INTRANASAL NALOXONE; AND
   2.  RECOMMEND  TO  THE GOVERNOR, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
 ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON  AN  ONGOING  BASIS  OF  A  TRAINING
 PROGRAM  FOR  ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE POLICIES
 AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ALONG  WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
   § 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of
 health may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the imple-
 mentation of this act on or before such effective date.

2021-A2154A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3309, add §3055, Pub Health L; amd §840, add §214-h, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A10596
2019-2020: A295
2023-2024: A750

2021-A2154A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A2154A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2154--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING
 COUNCIL AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE, SHALL DEVELOP A TRAINING
 PROGRAM AND ASSOCIATED TRAINING MATERIALS, TO  PROVIDE  INSTRUCTION  AND
 INFORMATION  TO POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL
 ON PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND  THE
 ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.
   §  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3055 to
 read as follows:
   § 3055. OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE THE
 TRAINING PROGRAM RELATING  TO  PROTOCOLS  FOR  RESPONSE  TO  VICTIMS  OF
 SUSPECTED  DRUG  OVERDOSE  AND  THE ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE OF  THIS  CHAPTER  TO  ALL
 EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  SERVICES  PERSONNEL  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 FIRST RESPONDERS,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS,  ADVANCED  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATORS.
   §  3.  Section  840  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00313-02-2

 A. 2154--A                          2
 
   (A) DEVELOP,  MAINTAIN  AND  DISSEMINATE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF HEALTH, WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CONSISTENT WITH
 SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE OF THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,  REGARDING
 PROTOCOLS  FOR  RESPONSE  TO  VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE
 ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS. SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL
 MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF NEW AND VETERAN POLICE
 OFFICERS  ON  THE  PROTOCOLS  FOR  RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG
 OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS; AND
   (B) RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNOR, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH  RESPECT  TO
 THE  ESTABLISHMENT  AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF A TRAINING
 PROGRAM FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING  THE  POLICIES
 AND  PROCEDURES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
   § 4. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  214-h  to
 read as follows:
   § 214-H. OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL, FOR ALL
 MEMBERS OF THE STATE POLICE:
   1. DEVELOP, MAINTAIN AND DISSEMINATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  HEALTH,  WRITTEN  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  CONSISTENT WITH
 SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE OF THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,  REGARDING
 PROTOCOLS  FOR  RESPONSE  TO  VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE AND THE
 ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS. SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL
 MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF NEW AND VETERAN POLICE
 OFFICERS ON THE PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE  TO  VICTIMS  OF  SUSPECTED  DRUG
 OVERDOSE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS; AND
   2.  RECOMMEND  TO  THE GOVERNOR, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
 ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON  AN  ONGOING  BASIS  OF  A  TRAINING
 PROGRAM  FOR  ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE POLICIES
 AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ALONG  WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of
 health may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the imple-
 mentation of this act on or before such effective date.

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