S 7508 NY
Requires health care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an opioid
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Summary
Requires health care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an opioid and discuss the dangers of opioid addiction with such patient in a manner consistent with regulations promulgated by the commissioner of health.
Sponsor (1)
- Cordell Cleare Democratic · primary
Action history (3)
- Apr 21, 2025 REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS · upper
- Apr 29, 2026 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S07508 Summary: BILL NO S07508   SAME AS SAME AS A04538
  SPONSOR CLEARE   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §3309, Pub Health L   Requires health care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an opioid and discuss the dangers of opioid addiction with such patient in a manner consistent with regulations promulgated by the commissioner of health.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
7508
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 21, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an opioid
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of 2 section 3309 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 42 of the 3 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 4 (i) A health care professional [ may ] shall prescribe [ by ] a patient- 5 specific or non-patient-specific [ prescription ] opioid antagonist when 6 prescribing an opioid, and may also , dispense or distribute, directly or 7 indirectly, an opioid antagonist to an opioid antagonist recipient . Such 8 health care professional shall discuss the dangers of opioid addiction 9 with such patient in a manner consistent with regulations promulgated by 10 the commissioner . 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 13 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 14 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 15 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08692-01-5
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