New York S 8770: Relates to requirements regarding employers including opioid antagonists where first aid kits are required by federal law

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S08770 Summary:

BILL NOS08770 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09453

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §27-f, Lab L; amd §2, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.5922-A & A.2725-A)

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Relates to requirements regarding employers including opioid antagonists where first aid kits are required by federal law; amends the effectiveness thereof.

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BILL NOS08770 

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01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

01/20/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.66

01/29/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9453

&nbspA09453 AMEND= Paulin

&nbsp01/06/2026referred to labor

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to labor

&nbsp01/21/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/21/2026reported 

&nbsp01/21/2026rules report cal.42

&nbsp01/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.42

&nbsp01/21/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/21/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/21/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/29/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8770

&nbsp01/29/20263RD READING CAL.66

&nbsp01/29/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/29/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/13/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp02/13/2026signed chap.17

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8770

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
 include an opioid antagonist in first aid supplies required by federal
 law; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the labor law
 relating to requiring employers to include an opioid antagonist in
 first aid supplies required by federal law, as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S. 5922-A and A. 2725-A, in relation to the effective-
 ness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Section 27-f of the labor law, as added by a chapter of the
 2 laws of 2025 amending the labor law relating to requiring employers to
 3 include an opioid antagonist in first aid supplies required by federal
 4 law, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5922-A and A. 2725-A,
 5 is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 27-f. Requiring first aid materials in a workplace to include an
 7 opioid antagonist. 1. All employers that are federally mandated by the
 8 United States Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Public Law,
 9 91-596) and safety and health standards promulgated thereunder to have
 10 first aid supplies readily available for the treatment of all injured
 11 employees must [include] have an opioid antagonist [in such first aid
 12 supplies] available for use in providing first aid or emergency treat-
 13 ment at the workplace.
 14 2. For the purposes of this section, ["employer"] the following terms
 15 shall have the following meanings:
 16 (a) "Employer" includes any person, corporation, limited liability
 17 company, or association employing any individual in any occupation,
 18 industry, trade, business, or service. The term "employer" shall not
 19 include [a governmental agency] the state, any political subdivision of
 20 the state, a public authority or any other governmental agency or
 21 instrumentality thereof.
 22 (b) "Opioid antagonist" means the same as defined in section thirty-
 23 three hundred nine of the public health law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05773-04-6

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 1 3. Administering an opioid antagonist pursuant to this section shall
 2 be considered first aid or emergency treatment for purposes of section
 3 three thousand-a of the public health law.
 4 4. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations, in coordination with
 5 the commissioner of health, to address the appropriate number of opioid
 6 antagonists for workplaces based on the size of the workplace; the
 7 training of personnel and use of such opioid antagonists; and any other
 8 matter deemed necessary by such commissioner to effectuate this section.
 9 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the labor law
 10 relati