New York S 8153: Relates to requiring the chairman and commissioners of the state liquor authority to file certain disclosures

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S08153 Summary:

BILL NOS08153 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §922, add §925, Ed L; amd §§3309 & 3000-b, add §3004-b, Pub Health L

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Requires opioid antagonists in student gathering places at colleges and universities; requires college and university emergency medical services to carry and have readily available opioid antagonists.

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BILL NOS08153 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8153

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to requiring opioid antagonists in student gathering places at
 colleges and universities and requiring college and university emer-
 gency medical services to carry opioid antagonists

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

 1 Section 1. Section 922 of the education law, as amended by chapter 68
 2 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 922. Opioid overdose prevention. 1. School districts, public
 4 libraries, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational
 5 education and extension boards, charter schools, [and] non-public
 6 elementary and secondary schools, universities, colleges and insti-
 7 tutions in this state [may] shall provide and maintain on-site in each
 8 instructional school facility, main student gathering center or library,
 9 opioid antagonists, as defined in section three thousand three hundred
 10 nine of the public health law, in quantities and types deemed by the
 11 commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to be
 12 adequate to ensure ready and appropriate access for use during emergen-
 13 cies to any student, individual on library premises or staff suspected
 14 of having opioid overdose whether or not there is a previous history of
 15 opioid abuse.
 16 2. School districts, public libraries, boards of cooperative educa-
 17 tional services, county vocational education and extension boards, char-
 18 ter schools, [and] non-public elementary and secondary schools, univer-
 19 sities, colleges and institutions in this state [may elect to] shall
 20 participate as an opioid antagonist recipient and any person employed by
 21 any such entity [that has elected to participate] may administer an
 22 opioid antagonist in the event of an emergency, provided that such
 23 person shall have been trained by a program approved under section three

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13150-02-5

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 1 thousand three hundred nine of the public health law. Any school
 2 district, public library, board of cooperative educational services,
 3 county vocational education and extension board, charter school, [and]
 4 non-public elementary and secondary school, university, college and
 5 institution that has employees trained in accordance with this section
 6 shall comply with the requirements of section three thousand three
 7 hundred nine of the public health law including, but not limited to,
 8 appropriate clinical oversight, record keeping and reporting. No person
 9 shall be required to participate in the program and any participation by
 10 an individual shall be voluntary.
 11 § 2. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
 12 3309 of the public health law, as added by chapter 148 of the laws of
 13 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 14 (v) As used in this section, "entity" includes, but is not limited to,
 15 a school district, public library, board of cooperative educational
 16 services, county vocational education and extension board, charter
 17 school, non-public elementary or secondary school, restaurant, bar,
 18 retail store, shopping mall, ba