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NY S08637

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/7/2026

Primary Sponsor

Nathalia Fernandez

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands the New York State Drug Treatment and Public Education Fund to explicitly include substance use disorder prevention and recovery services, in addition to treatment programs

  • Adds "drug user health services such as overdose prevention" to the list of allowable program expenditures from the fund

  • Changes the terminology from "relapse management" to "reoccurrence management" and from "evidence-based" to "evidence-informed" care standards

  • Moves the annual reporting deadline from February 1st to December 1st for the Commissioner of the Office of Addiction Services and Supports

  • Requires the annual fund utilization report to be presented as a consolidated dashboard and made publicly available on the Office of Addiction Services and Supports website, with additional details including award start/end dates, disbursing agency, and remaining fund balance

Legislative Description

Expands the purposes of the drug treatment and public education fund to include prevention and recovery programs; requires reporting to be made available on the office of addiction services and supports' website.

Last Action

REFERRED TO FINANCE

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance1/7/2026

Full Bill Text

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