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A00516 Summary:

BILL NOA00516
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORRosenthal L
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Provides for rules and regulations for state aid reimbursement under article six of the public health law for the purchase of opioid antagonists by municipalities.
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A00516 Actions:

BILL NOA00516
 
01/09/2023referred to health
01/03/2024referred to health
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A00516 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)




 
BILL NUMBER: A516
 
SPONSOR: Rosenthal L

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act providing for rules and regulations for state aid reimbursement
for the purchase of opioid antagonists by municipalities
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
To reimburse state municipalities for the purchase of opioid antag-
onists.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
Section one requires establishment of rules and regulations for state
aid reimbursement to municipalities purchasing opioid antagonists.
 
Section two sets forth the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York State Department of Health recently revised guidance to
recognize that local health departments' response to the opioid epidemic
is an appropriate core public health service. Newly eligible services
include facilitating distribution of naloxone and making referrals to
agencies and organizations that distribute naloxone.  However, purchase
of naloxone is deemed an ineligible service and cost because it is clas-
sified as a safety device and not a medication.
 
This legislation requires the Department of Health to reclassify
purchase of naloxone as an eligible expense for Article Six State Aid
for General Public Health Work reimbursement. The work of local health
departments is essential to ensuring that New York State is blanketed
with overdose prevention resources, and this legislation aims to empower
them to save lives.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2021-22: A.1516 - Referred to Health
 
2019-20: A.1134 - Referred to Health

2017-18: A.10992 - Referred to Health
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
Undetermined.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
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A00516 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           516
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT providing for rules and regulations for state  aid  reimbursement
          for the purchase of opioid antagonists by municipalities
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The commissioner of health shall establish rules and  regu-
     2  lations  providing  for state aid reimbursement under article six of the
     3  public health law for the purchase  of  opioid  antagonists  by  munici-
     4  palities.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00800-01-3
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