Int 0668-2018
Overdose prevention and reversal training.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addictionintroduced 2018-03-07Local Law 2018/128
Enacted as Local Law 2018/128.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2018-03-07Passed: 2018-06-26Enacted: 2018-06-26
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to provide opioid overdose prevention and reversal training to the public. DOHMH already provides such trainings, but this law would codify existing trainings and ensure they occur as long as necessary to combat the City’s opioid epidemic.
Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (issues of mental health, developmental disability and addiction services) and Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities.
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Sponsors (7)
Lifecycle
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2018-02-27 · Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2018-02-27 · Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2018-02-27 · Committee on General Welfare
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2018-02-27 · Committee on General Welfare
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-03-07 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-03-07 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-06-05 · Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2018-06-05 · Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
ActionAmended by Committee
2018-06-05 · Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2018-06-05 · Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
AdvancedApproved by Council
2018-06-07 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2018-06-07 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2018-06-26 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2018-06-26 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2018-06-27 · City Council
Votes (5)
Aye (5)
Diana I. AyalaAlicka Ampry-Samuel Fernando Cabrera Robert F. HoldenJames G. Van Bramer
Heard at (5)
City Council · 2018-06-07 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction · 2018-06-05 · 12:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
City Council · 2018-03-07 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction · 2018-02-27 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on General Welfare · 2018-02-27 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Attachments (21)
- Summary of Int. No. 668-A
- Summary of Int. No. 668
- Int. No. 668
- Committee Report 2/27/18
- Hearing Testimony 2/27/18
- Hearing Testimony 2/27/18 (Con't)
- Hearing Transcript 2/27/18
- March 7, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 03-07-18
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 7, 2018
- Proposed Int. No. 668-A - 6/1/18
- Committee Report 6/5/18
- Hearing Transcript 6/5/18
- June 7, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-7-18
- Minutes of the Recessed Stated Meeting - June 7, 2018
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 7, 2018
- Int. No. 668-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Mayor's Letter
- Local Law 128
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-180.1 to read as follows:
� 17-180.1 Overdose prevention and reversal training. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Opioid. The term "opioid" means an opiate as defined in section 3302 of the public health law.
Opioid antagonist. The term "opioid antagonist" means naloxone, narcan or other medication approved by the New York state department of health and the federal food and drug administration that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the human body.
b. For as long as the department determines there is an urgent public health need, the department shall offer overdose prevention and reversal training to the general public. Such training shall include:
1. How to recognize an opioid overdose; and
2. How to properly administer common opioid antagonists to reverse an opioid overdose.
c. For as long as the department determines there is an urgent public health need, the department shall offer a public awareness strategy to inform the public of the existence of such trainings and the danger of opioid addiction and abuse.
� 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
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