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This bill requires the development and implementation of training programs for first responders and police on responding to drug overdoses and administering intranasal naloxone.
Why it matters
Standardizes overdose response. By mandating statewide, uniform training protocols for police and EMS, the bill aims to ensure consistent, evidence-based responses to drug overdoses, potentially reducing preventable deaths.
Expands first responder preparedness. The law covers not only new recruits but also veteran police officers and all levels of emergency medical personnel, meaning both existing and future first responders will be equipped with up-to-date skills for administering naloxone and managing overdoses.
Institutionalizes ongoing education. By requiring regular policy reviews and recommendations for periodic retraining, the legislation seeks to maintain high competency levels as drug trends and best practices evolve, addressing the risks of skill and knowledge gaps over time.
Signals a public health approach. The law emphasizes collaboration between public health and law enforcement, indicating a shift toward treating drug overdoses as a medical emergency rather than solely a criminal issue, which may foster greater trust and improve outcomes in affected communities.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
295
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation to establishing a training program for first responders for responding to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of intranasal naloxone
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. The commissioner, in consultation with municipal police training council and the superintendent of state police, shall develop a training program and associated training materials, to provide instruction and information to police officers and emergency medical services personnel on protocols for response to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of intranasal naloxone.
§ 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3055 to read as follows:
§ 3055. Opioid overdose prevention. The commissioner shall provide the training program relating to protocols for response to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of intranasal naloxone pursuant to section thirty-three hundred nine of this chapter to all emergency medical services personnel including, but not limited to, first responders, emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians and emergency vehicle operators.
§ 4. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
6. The council shall, in addition:
(a) Develop, maintain and disseminate, in consultation with the commissioner of public health, written policies and procedures consist-
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ent with section thirty-three hundred nine of the public health law, regarding protocols for response to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of intranasal naloxone. Such policies and procedures shall make provisions for the education and training of new and veteran police officers on the protocols for response to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of intranasal naloxone; and
(b) Recommend to the governor, rules and regulations with respect to the establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training program for all current and new police officers regarding the policies and procedures established pursuant to this subdivision, along with recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers.
§ 5. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 214-g to read as follows:
§ 214-g. Opioid overdose prevention. The superintendent shall, for all members of the state police:
1. Develop, maintain and disseminate, in consultation with the commissioner of public health, written policies and procedures consistent with section thirty-three hundred nine of the public health law, regarding protocols for response to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of intranasal naloxone. Such policies and procedures shall make provisions for the education and training of new and veteran police officers on the protocols for response to victims of suspected drug overdose and the administration of intranasal naloxone; and
2. Recommend to the governor, rules and regulations with respect to establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training program for all current and new police officers regarding the policies and procedures established pursuant to this subdivision, along with recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers.
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of public health may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on or before such effective date.
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