What's happening
This bill requires detailed, publicly accessible online reports on opioid overdose data, including demographics, causes, and treatment utilization in New York.
Why it matters
Increases transparency and public awareness. by requiring that detailed opioid overdose data—including demographic breakdowns and causes—be released online in a user-friendly, searchable format, empowering communities and stakeholders with up-to-date information.
Enables better policy and health interventions. by mandating data on not just overall opioid deaths, but also on emergency room visits, pre-hospital service use, and the administration of opioid antagonists, which helps identify gaps and effective strategies in overdose response.
Promotes accountability and informed decision-making. by including historical data and any additional information deemed necessary to assess the success of overdose prevention programs, allowing for more accurate tracking of trends and the impact of interventions over time.
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Who cares
State health officials
The bill would require a public, online version of the opioid overdose report in an easily searchable and viewable format, including at least five years of historical data where available.
Hospitals and emergency medical services
The report would include data on emergency room treatment for opioid overdoses and use of pre-hospital services.
Overdose prevention advocates
Data on opioid antagonist use and information assessing the program’s success would help identify ways to further reduce overdoses.
County health officials
Overdose death data would include age, gender, ethnicity and county of origin, with deaths separated by prescription opioids, heroin, fentanyl and other opioids to the most accurate degree possible.
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Publish Opioid Overdose Data
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1457
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. JENNE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring certain information pertaining to opioid overdose to be made available to the public
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. A version of the report required by subdivision five of this section shall be made available to the public and online in an easily searchable and viewable format that includes, at a minimum, the following information:
(a) information on opioid overdose deaths, including age, gender, ethnicity, and county of origin;
(b) data separating out, to the most accurate degree possible, deaths caused by prescription opioids, heroin, fentanyl, and other opioids as determined by the commissioner;
(c) data on emergency room utilization for the treatment of opioid overdose;
(d) data on utilization of pre-hospital services;
(e) data on utilization of opioid antagonists;
(f) historical data, as available, going back at least five years; and
(g) any other information necessary to ascertain the success of the program and ways to further reduce overdoses.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02540-01-7
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