Assembly Bill A750

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A750 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3309, add §3055, Pub Health L; amd §840, add §214-i, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10596
2019-2020: A295
2021-2022: A2154

2023-A750 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A750 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    750
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 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 8 to read as follows:
   8. 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.
                                                            LBD00938-01-3

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