NYC Council · Int 0855-2024 · Filed (End of Session)

Offering fentanyl test strips at syringe exchange programs.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Apr 18, 2024

Official status: Filed (End of Session)

Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to offering fentanyl test strips at syringe exchange programs” Read the full text

Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction

What it does

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide fentanyl test strips and provide training on how to use them at syringe exchange programs, and to provide test strips to attendees of in-person and virtual fentanyl test strip trainings. It would also require DOHMH to provide training to staff at syringe exchange programs on how to use the fentanyl test strips.

Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.