Senate Bill S6085

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires hospitals to include testing for fentanyl in urine drug screenings

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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-S6085 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2831, Pub Health L

2023-S6085 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that if a person is treated at a hospital and such hospital conducts a urine drug screening to assist in diagnosing the person's condition, the hospital shall include testing for fentanyl in such urine drug screening; defines urine drug screening.

2023-S6085 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6085
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
   tals to include testing for fentanyl in urine drug screenings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2831 to read as follows:
   § 2831. URINE DRUG SCREENING. 1. IF A PERSON IS TREATED AT A  HOSPITAL
 AND  SUCH HOSPITAL CONDUCTS A URINE DRUG SCREENING TO ASSIST IN DIAGNOS-
 ING SUCH PERSON'S CONDITION, THE  HOSPITAL  SHALL  INCLUDE  TESTING  FOR
 FENTANYL IN SUCH URINE DRUG SCREENING.
   2.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "URINE DRUG SCREENING" MEANS A
 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS INTENDED TO  TEST  INDIVIDUALS  FOR  THE  PRESENCE  OF
 MULTIPLE DRUGS, INCLUDING COCAINE, OPIOIDS, AND PHENCYCLIDINE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10493-01-3

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