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NY A00658
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
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AI Summary
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Requires all temporary housing assistance providers (including family shelters, adult shelters, hotels, emergency apartments, domestic violence shelters, runaway/homeless youth shelters, and refugee safe houses) to keep an opioid antagonist such as naloxone on site at all times
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Mandates at least one employee trained in opioid antagonist administration be on duty whenever staff are required to be present under applicable law, regulation, or operating plan
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Requires trained employees to complete initial training through a program such as a DOH-registered opioid overdose prevention program, with refresher training at least every two years
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Obligates employees responding to suspected overdoses to contact emergency medical services, follow overdose response protocols, and report all incidents to the Department of Health
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Requires providers to develop training plans with regional registered opioid overdose prevention programs to train at-risk residents on opioid antagonist administration
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Takes effect 30 days after becoming law, with authority to promulgate implementing regulations immediately
Legislative Description
Requires homeless shelters to keep an opioid antagonist on hand at all times and trained personnel when required by applicable law, regulation, code, or operating plan approved by a social services district or the commissioner otherwise requires employees to be at the premises; sets out the requirements for the training of those employees; develops a training plan for opioid overdoses in conjunction with a registered opioid overdose prevention program.
Last Action
reported referred to ways and means
1/28/2026