Int. No. 365
By Council Members Salamanca, Brannan, Levine, Levin, Yeger, Maisel, Menchaca, Cabrera, R. Diaz, Gjonaj, Rivera, Grodenchik, Barron and Borelli
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to requiring the department of education to stock opioid antagonists in all school buildings
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 21 to title 21-A to read as follows:
Chapter 21. Opioid Overdose Prevention
§ 21-988 a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Opioid antagonist. The term “opioid antagonist” means naloxone or other medication approved by the federal food and drug administration and the New York state department of health that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the human body.
School building. The term “school building” means any facility that is leased by the department or over which the department has care, custody and control, in which there is a public school, including a charter school.
b. The department shall stock opioid antagonists in all school buildings pursuant to section 922 of the education law.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.
NKA/JJD
LS 10677/Int. 1694-2017
LS 740
1/4/2018