Bill Text: NY A09041 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires vehicles operated by public transit authorities to contain opioid antagonists and for public transit authorities to train employees on the proper use of opioid antagonists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-05 - referred to health [A09041 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09041-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9041

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 5, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  K. BROWN,  BENDETT, MIKULIN -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring vehicles
          operated by public transit authorities to contain opioid antagonists

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

     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (v)  of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 3 of
     2  section 3309 of the public health law, as added by chapter  148  of  the
     3  laws  of  2020, is amended and a new subparagraph (vii) is added to read
     4  as follows:
     5    (v) As used in this section, "entity" includes, but is not limited to,
     6  a school district, public  library,  board  of  cooperative  educational
     7  services,  county  vocational  education  and  extension  board, charter
     8  school, non-public elementary  or  secondary  school,  restaurant,  bar,
     9  retail store, shopping mall, barber shop, beauty parlor, theater, sport-
    10  ing or event center, public transit authority, inn, hotel or motel.
    11    (vii)  As  used  in  this  section, "public transit authority" means a
    12  public authority established under  the  public  authorities  law  which
    13  provides transportation services.
    14    §  2. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
    15  subdivision 9 to read as follows:
    16    9. Every vehicle operated by a public transit authority shall  contain
    17  an  opioid antagonist.   Public transit authorities shall provide train-
    18  ing, approved by the commissioner, to employees on the proper use of  an
    19  opioid antagonist.
    20    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    21  have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
    22  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    23  of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
    24  completed on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13927-01-3