Bill Text: NY S06085 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that if a person is treated at a hospital and such hospital conducts a urine drug screening to assist in diagnosing the person's condition, the hospital shall include testing for fentanyl in such urine drug screening; defines urine drug screening.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S06085 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S06085-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6085 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 28, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi- tals to include testing for fentanyl in urine drug screenings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2831 to read as follows: 3 § 2831. Urine drug screening. 1. If a person is treated at a hospital 4 and such hospital conducts a urine drug screening to assist in diagnos- 5 ing such person's condition, the hospital shall include testing for 6 fentanyl in such urine drug screening. 7 2. For the purposes of this section, "urine drug screening" means a 8 chemical analysis intended to test individuals for the presence of 9 multiple drugs, including cocaine, opioids, and phencyclidine. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10493-01-3
