Bill Text: NY A02891 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to establish guidelines for onsite opioid overdose response capacity in nightlife establishments; repeals provisions establishing the nightlife opioid antagonist program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - substituted by s835 [A02891 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02891-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2891

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 31, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  guidelines  for
          onsite  opioid overdose response capacity in nightlife establishments;
          and to repeal section 3309-b of such law  relating  to  the  nightlife
          opioid antagonist program

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

     1    Section 1. Section 3309-b of the public health  law,  as  added  by  a
     2  chapter  of  the laws of 2022 amending the public health law relating to
     3  establishing the nightlife opioid antagonist  program,  as  proposed  in
     4  legislative bills numbers S. 8633-A and A. 9697-A, is REPEALED.
     5    §  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 3 of section 3309 of the public
     6  health law is amended by adding  a  new  subdivision  (vi)  to  read  as
     7  follows:
     8    (vi)  "Nightlife establishment" means an establishment that is open to
     9  the public for entertainment or leisure, serves alcohol or where alcohol
    10  is consumed on the premises, and conducts a large volume of business  at
    11  night.  Such  term  includes, but is not limited to, bars, entertainment
    12  venues, clubs and restaurants.
    13    § 3. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
    14  subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    15    8. The commissioner shall establish guidelines for onsite opioid over-
    16  dose response capacity in nightlife establishments.
    17    §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    18  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public  health  law
    19  relating  to  establishing  the  nightlife opioid antagonist program, as
    20  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8633-A  and  A.  9697-A,  takes
    21  effect.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04024-01-3