New York A 8997: Relates to notice of indicated reports of child maltreatment and changes of placement in child protective and voluntary foster care placement and review proceedings

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A08997 Summary:

BILL NOA08997 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSteck

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COSPNSRGriffin, Stirpe, Schiavoni, Conrad, McDonald, Manktelow, DeStefano, Brook-Krasny, Gray, Brown K,
 Hevesi, Colton, Stern

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §25.18, Ment Hyg L

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Requires the report on statewide opioid settlements include the amount of funds that have been spent and requires the public be provided information on how much funds have been spent.

Go to top A08997 Actions:

BILL NOA08997 

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08/13/2025referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

01/07/2026referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

02/10/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA08997 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE Chair:Steck 
DATE:02/10/2026AYE/NAY:13/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means SteckAyeBrownAye

StirpeAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

DavilaAyeGrayAye

McDonaldAyeGallahanAye

GallagherExcused

ZaccaroAye

GriffinAye

ValdezAye

SchiavoniAye

CashmanAye

Go to topA08997 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08997 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8997

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 August 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the reporting of
 statewide opioid settlements

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 10 of subdivision (c) and subdivision (c-1) of
 2 section 25.18 of the mental hygiene law, paragraph 10 of subdivision (c)
 3 as amended and subdivision (c-1) as added by section 1 of part II of
 4 chapter 57 of the laws of 2025, are amended to read as follows:
 5 10. On or before November first of each year, beginning one year after
 6 the initial deposit of monies in the opioid settlement fund, the rele-
 7 vant commissioners shall provide a written report to the governor,
 8 temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the
 9 senate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means commit-
 10 tee, chair of the senate alcoholism and substance use disorders commit-
 11 tee, chair of the assembly alcoholism and drug abuse committee, and the
 12 opioid settlement advisory board. Such report shall be presented as a
 13 consolidated dashboard and be made publicly available on the respective
 14 offices' websites. The report shall, [to the extent practicable after
 15 making all diligent efforts to obtain such information,] include the
 16 following: (i) the baseline funding for any entity that receives funding
 17 from the opioid settlement fund, prior to the receipt of such funds;
 18 (ii) [how] the amount of funds deposited in the opioid settlement fund
 19 [had] that have been [utilized] spent and have been committed to be
 20 spent in the preceding calendar year and in future years, including but
 21 not limited to: (A) the amount of money disbursed and the award process
 22 used for such disbursement, if applicable; (B) the names of the recipi-
 23 ents, the amounts awarded to such recipient and details about the
 24 purpose such funds were awarded for, including what specific services
 25 and programs the funds were used on and what populations such services

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13547-01-5

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 1 or programs served; (C) the main criteria utilized to determine the
 2 award, including how the program or service assists to reduce the
 3 effects of substance use disorders; (D) an analysis of the effectiveness
 4 of the services and/or programs that received opioid settlement funding
 5 in their efforts to reduce the effects of the overdose and substance use
 6 disorder epidemic. Such analysis shall utilize evidence-based uniform
 7 metrics when reviewing the effects the service and/or program had on
 8 prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery advancements; (E)
 9 any relevant information provided by the New York subdivisions pursuant
 10 to this section; and (F) any other information the commissioner deems
 11 necessary to help inform future ap