What's happening
This bill requires the state to create rules for reimbursing municipalities for purchasing opioid antagonists.
Why it matters
Expanding Access to Life-Saving Medication. By ensuring municipalities can be reimbursed for buying opioid antagonists (such as naloxone), the bill could help make these overdose-reversing drugs more widely available in communities, potentially saving more lives during the ongoing opioid crisis.
Reducing Financial Burden on Local Governments. Municipalities often face budget constraints; guaranteed state reimbursement could relieve some of the financial pressure associated with stocking and distributing opioid antagonists, allowing more proactive public health efforts.
Standardizing Procedures Across the State. Requiring the Department of Health to create clear rules and regulations may lead to more uniform practices for reimbursement, reducing confusion or disparities between municipalities and ensuring fair access to state support.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10992
IN ASSEMBLY
May 29, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT providing for rules and regulations for state aid reimbursement for the purchase of opioid antagonists by municipalities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of health shall establish rules and regulations providing for state aid reimbursement under article six of the public health law for the purchase of opioid antagonists by municipalities.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16004-01-8
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