Bill Text: NY A04497 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public libraries to carry opioid antagonists and requires training for staff in the administration of opioid antagonists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to libraries and education technology [A04497 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04497-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4497

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Libraries and Education Technology

        AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  public
          libraries  to  carry  opioid  antagonists  and to require training for
          staff in the administration of opioid antagonists

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

     1    Section  1. Section 922 of the education law, as amended by chapter 68
     2  of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 922.  Opioid  overdose  prevention.  1.  School  districts,  [public
     4  libraries,]  boards  of  cooperative  educational services, county voca-
     5  tional education and extension boards, charter schools,  and  non-public
     6  elementary  and secondary schools in this state may provide and maintain
     7  on-site in each instructional school facility or library, opioid  antag-
     8  onists,  as  defined in section three thousand three hundred nine of the
     9  public health law, in quantities and types deemed by  the  commissioner,
    10  in  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of  health, to be adequate to
    11  ensure ready and appropriate access for use during  emergencies  to  any
    12  student,  individual  on  library  premises or staff suspected of having
    13  opioid overdose whether or not there is a  previous  history  of  opioid
    14  abuse.
    15    2.  School districts, [public libraries,] boards of cooperative educa-
    16  tional services, county vocational education and extension boards, char-
    17  ter schools, and non-public elementary and  secondary  schools  in  this
    18  state may elect to participate as an opioid antagonist recipient and any
    19  person  employed  by any such entity that has elected to participate may
    20  administer an opioid antagonist in the event of an  emergency,  provided
    21  that  such  person  shall  have been trained by a program approved under
    22  section three thousand three hundred nine of the public health law.  Any
    23  school  district,  [public  library,]  board  of cooperative educational
    24  services, county  vocational  education  and  extension  board,  charter

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08878-01-1
        A. 4497                             2

     1  school,  and non-public elementary and secondary school that has employ-
     2  ees trained in accordance  with  this  section  shall  comply  with  the
     3  requirements  of section three thousand three hundred nine of the public
     4  health  law  including,  but  not limited to, appropriate clinical over-
     5  sight, record keeping and reporting. No  person  shall  be  required  to
     6  participate  in the program and any participation by an individual shall
     7  be voluntary.
     8    3. Public libraries shall provide and maintain on-site  opioid  antag-
     9  onists,  as  defined in section three thousand three hundred nine of the
    10  public health law, in quantities and types deemed by  the  commissioner,
    11  in  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of  health, to be adequate to
    12  ensure ready and appropriate access for use during  emergencies  to  any
    13  individual  on  library  premises suspected of having an opioid overdose
    14  whether or not there is a previous  history  of  opioid  abuse  at  such
    15  library.  Public  libraries  shall  require  at  least two staff members
    16  employed by such library be trained  in  the  administration  of  opioid
    17  antagonists  by  a  program  approved under section three thousand three
    18  hundred nine of the public health law, provided that one of the  trained
    19  staff members shall be the branch manager of such library.
    20    4.  Any person shall not be liable for any act or omission related to,
    21  or any harm resulting  from,  administration  of  an  opioid  antagonist
    22  pursuant to this section, provided that such person acted reasonable and
    23  in good faith.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.