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NY S08637
Bill
Status
1/7/2026
Primary Sponsor
Nathalia Fernandez
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AI Summary
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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
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Adds "drug user health services such as overdose prevention" to the list of allowable program expenditures from the fund
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Changes the terminology from "relapse management" to "reoccurrence management" and from "evidence-based" to "evidence-informed" care standards
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Moves the annual reporting deadline from February 1st to December 1st for the Commissioner of the Office of Addiction Services and Supports
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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