Bill Text: NY A09789 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9789

Introduced

Bill Title: Permits certain persons to leave behind opioid antagonists at the location of a known or suspected opioid overdose.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-09 - referred to health [A09789 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09789-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9789

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 9, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to permitting certain
          persons  to leave behind opioid antagonists at the location of a known
          or suspected opioid overdose

          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 to read as follows:
     4    (v) As used in this section, "entity" includes, but is not limited to,
     5  a  school  district,  law enforcement agency, emergency medical services
     6  provider, public library, board  of  cooperative  educational  services,
     7  county  vocational  education  and extension board, charter school, non-
     8  public elementary or secondary school, restaurant,  bar,  retail  store,
     9  shopping  mall,  barber  shop, beauty parlor, theater, sporting or event
    10  center, inn, hotel or motel.
    11    § 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3  of  section
    12  3309  of  the public health law, as amended by chapter 42 of the laws of
    13  2014, is amended to read as follows:
    14    (iii) An opioid antagonist recipient may possess an opioid  antagonist
    15  obtained  pursuant  to this paragraph, may distribute such opioid antag-
    16  onist to a recipient either directly or  by  leaving  behind  an  opioid
    17  antagonist  at the location of a known or suspected opioid overdose, and
    18  may administer such opioid antagonist to a person the recipient  reason-
    19  ably believes is experiencing an opioid overdose.
    20    §  3.  Paragraph  (a)   of subdivision 4 of section 3309 of the public
    21  health law, as amended by chapter 148 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
    22  read as follows:
    23    (a) Use or distribution of  an  opioid  antagonist  pursuant  to  this
    24  section  shall  be  considered  first aid or emergency treatment for the
    25  purpose of any statute relating to liability.
    26    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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