STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7277 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 18, 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, in relation to information regarding the use of opioid antagonists for first aid or emergency treatment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3-a of section 3309 of the public health law, 2 as added by chapter 34 of the laws of 2014 and as renumbered by section 3 3 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 3-a. Any distribution of opioid antagonists through this program shall 6 include an informational card or sheet. The informational card or sheet 7 shall include, at a minimum, information on: 8 (a) how to recognize symptoms of an opioid overdose; 9 (b) steps to take prior to and after an opioid antagonist is adminis- 10 tered, including calling first responders; 11 (c) the number for the toll free office of alcoholism and substance 12 abuse services HOPE line; 13 (d) how to access the office of alcoholism and substance abuse 14 services' website; [and] 15 (e) the application of good samaritan protections provided in section 16 three thousand-a of this chapter; and 17 (f) any other information deemed relevant by the commissioner. 18 The educational card shall be provided in languages other than English 19 as deemed appropriate by the commissioner. The department shall make 20 such informational cards available to the opioid overdose prevention 21 programs. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 23 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06770-01-9