New York A 658: Enacts the Health Care Nondiscrimination Act of 2023

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A00658 Summary:

BILL NOA00658 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06455

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRStirpe

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 2-A Title 3 §47, Soc Serv L

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Requires homeless shelters to keep an opioid antagonist on hand at all times and trained personnel when required by applicable law, regulation, code, or operating plan approved by a social services district or the commissioner otherwise requires employees to be at the premises; sets out the requirements for the training of those employees; develops a training plan for opioid overdoses in conjunction with a registered opioid overdose prevention program.

Go to top A00658 Actions:

BILL NOA00658 

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01/08/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

01/28/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA00658 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:SOCIAL SERVICES Chair:Davila 
DATE:01/28/2026AYE/NAY:11/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DavilaAyeMolitorNay

SolagesExcusedSimpsonNay

EichensteinAyeMcDonoughExcused

ReyesAyeFriendNay

ForrestAyeBaileyNay

Gonzalez-RojasAye

De Los SantosAye

SimoneExcused

RagaAye

BergerAye

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

O'PharrowAye

Go to topA00658 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA00658 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 658

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, STIRPE -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring home-
 less shelters to keep an opioid antagonist on hand, have at least one
 trained employee on duty at all times, and provide an opioid antag-
 onist training program for residents

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

 1 Section 1. Article 2-A of the social services law is amended by adding
 2 a new title 3 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 3
 4 OPIOID ANTAGONISTS IN HOMELESS SHELTERS
 5 Section 47. Opioid antagonist use and training.
 6 § 47. Opioid antagonist use and training. 1. Any provider of temporary
 7 housing assistance, which shall include, but not be limited to, a family
 8 shelter, a shelter for adults, a hotel, an emergency apartment, a domes-
 9 tic violence shelter, a runaway and homeless youth shelter, or a safe
 10 house for refugees operating in this state shall have at its premises:
 11 (a) an opioid antagonist and a method of administering it on site at
 12 all times which may include, but not be limited to, a naloxone kit; and
 13 (b) at a minimum, one employee trained in the administration of an
 14 opioid antagonist on duty at all times when applicable law, regulation,
 15 code, or operating plan approved by a social services district or the
 16 commissioner otherwise requires employees to be at the premises.
 17 2. All employees of providers of temporary housing assistance who are
 18 authorized to administer an opioid antagonist shall:
 19 (a) have completed an initial training program, which may include a
 20 department of health registered opioid overdose prevention training
 21 program;
 22 (b) complete a refresher training program at least every two years;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02157-01-5

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 1 (c) contact the emergency medical system during any response to a
 2 victim of suspected drug overdose and advise if an opioid antagonist is
 3 being used;
 4 (d) comply with protocols for response to victims of suspected drug
 5 overdose; and
 6 (e) report all responses to victims of suspected drug overdose to the
 7 department of health.
 8 3. All providers of temporary housing assistance shall develop a
 9 training plan in conjunction with a registered opioid overdose
 10 prevention program in the applicable region regarding the administration
 11 of opioid antagonists to any individual residing on a provider's prem-
 12 ises who is at risk of experiencing or witnessing an opioid overdose.
 13 4. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "opioid antagonist"
 14 shall mean a federal food and drug administration-approved drug that,
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