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NY A03301
Bill
Status
1/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Doug Smith
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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Mandates participation as opioid antagonist recipients, removing the previous optional "elect to participate" language for these educational entities
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Removes provision that stated no person shall be required to participate and that participation shall be voluntary
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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