Bill Text: NY A01588 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires public institutions and buildings to be equipped with opioid antagonists; directs the commissioner of general services to promulgate regulations to address the appropriate number of opioid antagonists for such buildings based on the size or occupancy of the buildings, the training of personnel and use of opioid antagonists, and any other matter deemed necessary.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A01588 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01588-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1588--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BUTTENSCHON, GUNTHER, HEVESI, SIMON, SMULLEN,
          SILLITTI, SANTABARBARA, McDONALD -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee  on  Health  --  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the public buildings law and the public health  law,  in
          relation to requiring public institutions and buildings to be equipped
          with opioid antagonists

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  "Erin's law".
     3    §  2.  Section  140 of the public buildings law is amended by adding a
     4  new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     5    2-a. Subject to regulations promulgated pursuant to this  subdivision,
     6  it  shall  be  an  additional  duty of each such superintendent or chief
     7  executive officer of each of the public institutions  and  buildings  of
     8  the  state  to  equip  each  such  building with opioid antagonists. The
     9  commissioner of general services shall promulgate regulations, in  coor-
    10  dination with the commissioner of health and in full accordance with the
    11  standards,  powers  and  authorizations  of section thirty-three hundred
    12  nine of the public health law, providing for a phase-in schedule of  the
    13  duty  created  by  this  subdivision. Such regulations shall address the
    14  appropriate number of opioid antagonists for such  buildings,  based  on
    15  the  size  or  occupancy of the buildings; the training of personnel and
    16  use of such opioid antagonists; and any other matter deemed necessary by
    17  such commissioner to effectuate the duty prescribed by this section.
    18    § 3. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
    19  subdivision 9 to read as follows:
    20    9.  The  commissioner  shall,  in  full accordance with the standards,
    21  powers and authorizations established by this section,  coordinate  with
    22  the  commissioner of general services to effectuate the duty established

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  by subdivision two-a of section one hundred forty of the  public  build-
     2  ings  law  to equip public institutions and buildings with opioid antag-
     3  onists.
     4    §  4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
     5  law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment,  and/or  repeal  of
     6  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
     7  its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or  before
     8  such effective date.