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This bill requires at least one staff member in state offices with ten or more employees to be trained in administering opioid antagonists like naloxone, with related costs covered by health department grants.
Why it matters
Expands rapid response capacity. By ensuring at least one staff member in larger state offices is trained to use opioid antagonists, the bill aims to make lifesaving intervention more immediately available in public workplaces, potentially reducing fatal overdose incidents.
Mandates ongoing education and oversight. Required refresher training every two years and reporting all overdose responses ensures that staff maintain up-to-date skills and that the Department of Health can monitor and improve response protocols based on real-world outcomes.
Reduces legal and financial barriers. The bill specifies that costs for training and naloxone are covered by federal grant funds, and clarifies that administering an opioid antagonist is legally protected as first aid—potentially encouraging more staff to participate without fear of personal liability or out-of-pocket expenses.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
9603
IN ASSEMBLY
January 25, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. D. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation to requiring staff members of state offices with ten or more members to be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 171 to read as follows:
§ 171. Opioid antagonist training and use. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Opioid" means an opiate as defined in section thirty-three hundred two of the public health law.
(b) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administrationapproved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The opioid antagonist is limited to naloxone or other medications approved by the department of health for this purpose.
2. In state offices with ten or more full time staff present, one staff member shall be required to be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists.
3. Such staff member shall:
(a) complete an initial training program, which may include any department of health approved opioid overdose prevention training program;
(b) complete a refresher training program at least every two years;
(c) contact the emergency medical system during any response to a victim of suspected drug overdose and advise if an opioid antagonist is being used;
(d) comply with protocols for response to victims of suspected drug overdose; and
(e) report all responses to victims of suspected drug overdose to the department of health.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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4. The costs of training and purchasing opioid antagonists shall be paid for out of the department of health's grant established by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
5. Use of an opioid antagonist pursuant to this section shall be considered first aid or emergency treatment for the purpose of any statute relating to liability pursuant to section thirty-three hundred nine of the public health law.
§ 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3000-e to read as follows:
§ 3000-e. Opioid antagonist training and use. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Opioid" means an opiate as defined in section thirty-three hundred two of this chapter.
(b) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administrationapproved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The opioid antagonist is limited to naloxone or other medications approved by the department of health for this purpose.
2. In state offices with ten or more full time staff present, one staff member shall be required to be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists.
3. Such staff member shall:
(a) complete an initial training program, which may include any department of health approved opioid overdose prevention training program;
(b) complete a refresher training program at least every two years;
(c) contact the emergency medical system during any response to a victim of suspected drug overdose and advise if an opioid antagonist is being used;
(d) comply with protocols for response to victims of suspected drug overdose; and
(e) report all responses to victims of suspected drug overdose to the department of health.
4. The costs of training and purchasing opioid antagonists shall be paid for out of the department of health's grant established by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
5. Use of an opioid antagonist pursuant to this section shall be considered first aid or emergency treatment for the purpose of any statute relating to liability pursuant to section thirty-three hundred nine of this chapter.
§ 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law.
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