Bill Text: NY A10989 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes regulations for hospital emergency rooms when treating patients suffering from an opioid overdose or addiction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-29 - referred to health [A10989 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A10989-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10989 IN ASSEMBLY May 29, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to promulgating regu- lations for hospital emergency rooms when treating patients suffering from an opioid overdose or addiction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 31 to read as follows: 3 31. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of 4 mental health, shall promulgate regulations for the treatment of opioid 5 addictions and/or opioid overdoses in hospital emergency rooms. For 6 purposes of this subdivision: 7 (i) "Peer to peer support services" means participant-centered 8 services that emphasize knowledge and wisdom through lived experience in 9 which peers are encouraged to share their own personal experience and 10 first-hand knowledge of substance abuse, addiction, and recovery to 11 support the recovery goals of individuals who use drugs and/or alcohol. 12 (ii) "Opioid" means an opiate as defined in section thirty-three 13 hundred two of this chapter. 14 (iii) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administra- 15 tion-approved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in 16 whole or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. 17 The opioid antagonist shall be limited to naloxone or other medications 18 approved by the department for this purpose. 19 (b) Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, requiring 20 emergency rooms to provide patients and those who accompany them with: 21 (i) formal recovery support, including, but not limited to, detox and 22 medication assisted treatment; 23 (ii) information regarding various modes of recovery; 24 (iii) contact information for peer to peer support services; 25 (iv) information for patients and those who accompany them on how and 26 when to administer an opioid antagonist, and where to obtain an opioid 27 antagonist prescription; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16017-01-8A. 10989 2 1 (v) a prescribed opioid antagonist. 2 (c) Such regulations may provide that hospital emergency rooms may 3 refer patients to other facilities offering detox and/or medication 4 assisted treatment, including but not limited to: 5 (i) free standing substance abuse facilities; 6 (ii) general hospitals; 7 (iii) residential facilities for persons who abuse or are dependent 8 upon opioids; 9 (iv) methadone maintenance programs; and 10 (v) outpatient facilities for persons who abuse or are dependent on 11 opioids. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 13 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amende- 14 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 15 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to 16 be made and completed on or before such effective date.