Bill Text: NY A09595 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the availability and permits the use of opioid antagonists on trains.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-26 - referred to health [A09595 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A09595-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9595 IN ASSEMBLY March 26, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, the railroad law and the public authorities law, in relation to the use and availability of opioid antagonists on trains operating in this state 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 public rail 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 train operated by a public transit authority shall contain an 17 opioid antagonist. Public transit authorities shall provide training, 18 approved by the commissioner, to employees on the proper use of an 19 opioid antagonist. 20 § 3. Section 77-a of the railroad law, as added by chapter 468 of the 21 laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows: 22 § 77-a. First-aid equipment on locomotives. It shall be unlawful to 23 operate a locomotive outside the designated yard limits of any railroad 24 in the state of New York unless said locomotive shall be equipped with a 25 first-aid kit containing necessary emergency medical equipment and 26 supplies. 27 Said kit shall include as minimum supplies: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14757-03-4A. 9595 2 1 1 roll of 1-inch wide gauze bandage -- minimum of 10 yards. 2 1 roll of 1-inch wide adhesive tape -- minimum of 5 yards. 3 1 package of absorbent gauze compresses, at least 3 inches by 3 inches 4 -- minimum of 6 in number. 5 At least 12 -- 1-inch individual sanitary band aids. 6 Bottle of iodine or mercurochrome or tincture of methyolate, or an 7 equivalent antiseptic, minimum of 1 ounce bottle. 8 Minimum of 2 ounce bottle of smelling salts or six ampoules of spirits 9 of ammonia. 10 Minimum of 3 ounce bottle of a standard eye wash preparation, with 11 necessary eye wash glass. 12 Jar or tube of white petroleum jelly or unguentine for burns. 13 An opioid antagonist. 14 All above material shall be packed in a suitable metal box or contain- 15 er and be sealed. 16 Items, as used, should be replaced within twenty-four hours by proper- 17 ly designated railroad personnel and such kit resealed for future use. 18 It shall be unlawful to remove or use any such first-aid kit, or any 19 supplies contained in any such kit, for other than first-aid purposes. 20 Violation of said provisions shall be punishable by a fine of not more 21 than twenty-five dollars. 22 § 4. Section 1266-a of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 23 928 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: 24 § 1266-a. Medical emergency services. The authority is hereby author- 25 ized and directed to prepare and develop a medical emergency services 26 program to be implemented at a time to be specified in such program for 27 the benefit of persons utilizing transportation and other related 28 services of the authority. Such program may include but not be limited 29 to provision for the following: The training of designated employees in 30 first aid, emergency techniques and procedures, handling and positioning 31 of stricken commuters, [and] knowledge of procedures and equipment used 32 for respiratory and cardiac emergencies, and knowledge and use of opioid 33 antagonists which shall be made available on all trains operated by the 34 authority. Such program shall be submitted to the legislature not later 35 than one hundred eighty days next succeeding the effective date of this 36 section. 37 § 5. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1266-b of the public 38 authorities law, as amended by chapter 396 of the laws of 2005, is 39 amended to read as follows: 40 a. The authority in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road is 41 hereby authorized and directed to implement a comprehensive medical 42 emergency services program, including an emergency response protocol, 43 not later than September first, two thousand five, for the benefit of 44 persons utilizing transportation and other related services of the Long 45 Island Rail Road. Such program shall include but not be limited to 46 provision for the following: The training of designated employees in 47 first aid, emergency techniques and procedures, handling and positioning 48 of stricken commuters, knowledge of procedures and equipment used for 49 respiratory [and], cardiac emergencies and an emergency response proto- 50 col for all employees, and knowledge and use of opioid antagonists which 51 shall be made available on all trains operated by the authority. 52 § 6. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 53 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 54 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 55 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 56 on or before such effective date.
