What's happening
This bill requires hospitals and practitioners to report opioid overdoses and treatment outcomes to the state health commissioner.
Why it matters
Enables the state to collect detailed data on opioid overdoses and treatment outcomes. , which can help identify trends, target resources, and inform public health strategies aimed at combating the opioid epidemic.
Requires both hospitals and individual practitioners to report cases. , increasing the likelihood of comprehensive reporting and providing a fuller picture of opioid-related incidents across different care settings.
Protects patient confidentiality by restricting reports to statistical, epidemiological, or research purposes only. , except when linked to certain criminal proceedings, balancing public health needs with privacy concerns.
Mandates prompt reporting by practitioners and facilities. , potentially enabling faster public health responses, such as identifying overdose spikes or evaluating the effectiveness of interventions in real time.
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Track Opioid Overdose Outcomes
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5499
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 3, 2017
Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 opioid overdose reporting requirements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3309 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 42 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
1. The commissioner is authorized to establish standards for approval of any opioid overdose prevention program, and opioid antagonist prescribing, dispensing, distribution, possession and administration pursuant to this section which may include, but not be limited to, standards for program directors, appropriate clinical oversight, training, and record keeping [and]; provided, however, that such standards shall include reporting requirements for opioid overdoses treated at a hospital that has been issued an operating certificate by the commissioner and the outcome of such treatment.
§ 2. Section 3372 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 195 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3372. Practitioner patient reporting. 1. It shall be the duty of every attending practitioner and every consulting practitioner to report promptly to the commissioner, or his or her duly designated agent, the name and, if possible, the address of, and such other data as may be required by the commissioner with respect to, any person under treatment if he finds that such person is an addict or a habitual user of any narcotic drug. Such report shall be kept confidential and may be utilized only for statistical, epidemiological or research purposes, except that those reports which originate in the course of a criminal proceeding other than under section 81.25 of the mental hygiene law
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shall be subject only to the confidentiality requirements of section thirty-three hundred seventy-one of this article.
2. It shall be the duty of every attending practitioner and every consulting practitioner to report promptly to the commissioner, or his or her duly designated agent, the name and such other data as may be required by the commissioner with respect to any person treated for an opioid overdose and the outcome of such treatment. Such report shall be kept confidential and may be utilized only for statistical, epidemiological or research purposes, except that those reports which originate in the course of a criminal proceeding other than under section 81.25 of the mental hygiene law shall be subject only to the confidentiality requirements of section thirty-three hundred seventy-one of this article.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law in relation to opioid overdose reporting requirements
Purpose or general idea of bill
This legislation creates recording and reporting requirement standards for opioid overdoses treated at a hospital.
Summary of provisions
Section one of this bill amends subdivision 1 of section 3309 of the Public Health Law to provide record keeping standards to include reporting requirements for opioid overdoses treated at a hospital.
Section two of this bill amends section 3372 of the Public Health Law to require all practitioners to promptly report to the Commissioner of the State Department of Health or their duly designated agent, the name and other pertinent information of any person treated for an opioid overdose and the outcome of such treatment. The report of such data shall be confidential and in most cases, may be used only for statistical, epidemiological or research purposes.
Section three of this bill provides that this act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
Justification
Currently, the law does not require physicians or other medical practitioners such as physician assistants to report opioid overdoses or outcomes to the State department of health (DOH). While the State does push practitioners to report addicts and habitual users to DOH, this report does not provide a comprehensive portrayal of the opioid epidemic. Throughout the State, more and more news reports are telling of tragic deaths of young and old residents due to opioid overdoses and unfortunately, it is both addicts and first time users who are dying. For the State to appropriately address this heartbreaking epidemic DOH has to provide the Legislature, the full picture and this legislation will accomplish that task.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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