NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6571

Senate Bill S6571

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires reporting of alcohol overdose data; and makes opioid overdose reporting requirements permanent

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6166 - Signed by Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 22, 2021	approval memo.106 signed chap.741
Dec 10, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 10, 2021	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1763 substituted for s6571
Jun 10, 2021	substituted by a6166a ordered to third reading cal.1763 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 06, 2021	referred to alcoholism and substance abuse

Votes

- Jun 10, 2021 - Floor Vote
  A6166
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 10, 2021
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
  Jun 10, 2021 - Rules Committee Vote
  S6571
  
  21
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 10, 2021
      
      aye (21)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Ritchie
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins

2021-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6166
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3309, Pub Health L; amd §2, Chap 66 of 2016

2021-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires reporting of alcohol overdose data in addition to existing opioid overdose reporting requirements; requires the commissioner of health to submit an annual statewide report and provide updated data to counties every three months; makes overdose reporting requirements permanent.

2021-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6571

SPONSOR: HINCHEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to reporting of alco-
hol overdose data; and to amend chapter 66 of the laws of 2016, amending
the public health law, relating to reporting of opioid overdose data, in
relation to making such provisions permanent

 
PURPOSE:

This bill will expand the requirements for reporting of overdose data
and make the requirement for quarterly reporting permanent.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subdivision 5 of section 3309 of the public health
law.

Section two amends subdivision 6 of section 3309 of the public health

law.

Section three amends paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 3-a of
section 3309 of the public health law. Section four amends section 2 of
chapter 66 of the laws of 2016 to make quarterly reporting permanent
Section five establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As opioid overdose deaths have grown at an alarming rate, legislation
was enacted in 2016 to require reporting by the Department of Health on
overdoses and overdose deaths, including information on age, gender,
ethnicity, and the geographic location of overdoses. This data, broken
down by county, is required to be shared on a quarterly basis and in a
comprehensive annual report.

However, in recent years, there has been an increase in overdoses occur-
ring with drugs other than or in addition to opioids, including stimu-
lants and benzodiazepines. It is critical that this data also be
included in the quarterly reports so that the State and local govern-
ments can better allocate resources to combat overdose.  Nationwide,
overdose rates have risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, likely driven by
limited access to treatment and recovery programs, interruptions of
treatment regimens and social isolation. Quarterly reports by the
Department of Health on overdoses and overdose deaths are key to provid-
ing a robust response in a timely manner and must be made permanent.

This legislation will ensure quarterly reports include data on overdoses
related to non-opioid drugs and will make such reporting requirement
Permanent-

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2021-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6571
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
   Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to reporting of alco-
   hol overdose data; and to amend chapter 66 of the laws of 2016, amend-
   ing  the  public  health law, relating to reporting of opioid overdose
   data, in relation to making such provisions permanent
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 3309 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 66 of the  laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5.  The  commissioner  shall  publish findings on statewide opioid AND
 ALCOHOL overdose data that reviews overdose death rates and other infor-
 mation to ascertain changes in the cause and rates of opioid AND ALCOHOL
 overdoses, including fatal opioid  AND  ALCOHOL  overdoses.  The  report
 shall  be  submitted annually, on or before October first, to the gover-
 nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the  assembly
 and  the  chairs of the senate and assembly health committees, and shall
 be made public on the department's internet website.  The  report  shall
 include, at a minimum, the following information on a county basis:
   (a) information on opioid AND ALCOHOL overdoses and opioid AND ALCOHOL
 overdose  deaths,  including  age,  gender,  ethnicity,  and  geographic
 location;
   (b) data on emergency room utilization for the treatment of opioid AND
 ALCOHOL overdose;
   (c) data on utilization of pre-hospital services;
   (d) data on the dispensing and utilization of opioid antagonists; and
   (e) any other information necessary to ascertain the  success  of  the
 program,  areas  of  the  state which are experiencing particularly high
 rates of  overdoses,  ways  to  determine  if  services,  resources  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD09687-03-1

 S. 6571                             2
 
 responses  in particular areas of the state are having a positive impact
 on reducing overdoses, and ways to further reduce overdoses.
   §  2.  Subdivision  6  of  section  3309  of the public health law, as
 amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 70 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   6.  The  commissioner  shall  provide the current information and data
 specified BY EACH TYPE OF DRUG INCLUDED in THE REPORT REQUIRED BY subdi-
 vision five of this section to each  county  every  three  months.  Such
 information and data SHALL BE POSTED ON THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES
 AND SUPPORTS' WEBSITE AND may be utilized by a county or any combination
 thereof as it works to address the opioid epidemic.
   §  3. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 3-a of section 3309 of the
 public health law, as amended by chapter 504 of the laws  of  2019,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  the  number for the toll free office of [alcoholism and substance
 abuse] ADDICTION services AND SUPPORTS' HOPE line;
   (d) how to access  the  office  of  [alcoholism  and  substance  abuse
 services'] ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS' website;
   §  4. Section 2 of chapter 66 of the laws of 2016, amending the public
 health law, relating to reporting of opioid overdose data, as amended by
 section 12 of part S of chapter 57 of the laws of 2021,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately[, provided that subdivi-
 sion 6 of section 3309 of the public health law, as added by section one
 of this act, shall expire and be deemed repealed March 31, 2026].
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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