STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5672 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the creation and disbursement of addiction treatment educational materials The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 3309-b to read as follows: 3 § 3309-b. Addiction treatment educational materials. 1. The commis- 4 sioner shall create and/or utilize existing educational materials 5 regarding addiction treatment and treatment resources that are available 6 through the department. Such educational materials may include, but 7 shall not be limited to, pamphlets, leaflets and brochures. 8 2. The department shall make such educational materials available to 9 all hospitals and physicians within the state. 10 3. Every hospital and physician shall then distribute the educational 11 materials to all patients being treated for a controlled substance over- 12 dose by such hospital or physician. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11179-01-7