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- Referred to health
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Relates to requiring the compilation of the number of deaths by opioid overdose
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Steven McLaughlin
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the compilation of the number of deaths by opioid overdose
Purpose or general idea of bill
Requires the Commissioner of Health to compile and make publicly available the number of monthly deaths by opioid overdose, both on a statewide and county-by-county basis.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of section 4100 of the public health law to require the Commissioner of Health to compile and make publicly available the number of monthly deaths by opioid overdose, both on a statewide and county-by-county basis.
Section 2 is the effective date.
Justification
The State of New York, much like many parts of the nation, is currently suffering from an ongoing epidemic of opioid abuse that is providing a strong challenge to federal, state and local governments. Many efforts have been undertaken by different public and private entities to try to combat the epidemic, but it is difficult to assess the effectiveness of these efforts without access to crucial data, such as the number of monthly overdose deaths. By expanding timely access to overdose death data, it might be possible to identify successful interventions and expand them to other communities in a timely fashion, thus saving lives that otherwise might have been lost to opioid overdose.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
Minimal.
Effective date
This act shall take effect 180 days after it shall have become a law.
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