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NY A03301

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Doug Smith

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Changes current law from permissive ("may") to mandatory ("shall") requiring school districts, public libraries, BOCES, county vocational education boards, charter schools, and non-public elementary and secondary schools to provide and maintain on-site opioid antagonists

  • Requires opioid antagonists (such as naloxone) to be available at each instructional school facility or library in quantities deemed adequate by the Commissioner of Education in consultation with the Commissioner of Health

  • Mandates participation as opioid antagonist recipients, removing the previous optional "elect to participate" language for these educational entities

  • Removes provision that stated no person shall be required to participate and that participation shall be voluntary

  • Takes effect 60 days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Requires school districts, public libraries, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-public elementary and secondary schools to provide and maintain on-site opioid antagonists.

Last Action

referred to education

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Education1/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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