Assembly Bill A5004

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires information about fentanyl test strips and their uses on information cards or sheets

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Current Bill Status Via S4393 - Passed Assembly

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A5004 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4393
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3309, Pub Health L

2023-A5004 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that when informational cards or sheets about opioid antagonists are distributed, such information shall include information about fentanyl strips and their uses.

2023-A5004 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5004
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  the  distribution
   of information about fentanyl test strips and their uses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 3-a of section 3309 of
 the public health law, as amended by chapter 504 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Any distribution of opioid  antagonists  through  this  program  shall
 include  an  informational  card or sheet, AND FENTANYL TEST STRIPS. The
 informational card or sheet shall include, at a minimum, information on:
   § 2. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 3-a of section 3309 of  the
 public  health  law,  as amended by chapter 504 of the laws of 2019, are
 amended and a new paragraph (g) is added to read as follows:
   (e) the application of good samaritan protections provided in  section
 three thousand-a of this chapter; [and]
   (f) any other information deemed relevant by the commissioner[.]; AND
   (G) INFORMATION ABOUT FENTANYL TEST STRIPS AND THEIR USES.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07343-02-3

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