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S04639 Summary:

BILL NOS04639 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06554

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRRIVERA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §25.18, Ment Hyg L

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Relates to reporting on funds received pursuant to a New York opioid settlement sharing agreement.

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BILL NOS04639 

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02/10/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4639

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
 Use Disorders

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to funds received
 pursuant to a New York opioid settlement sharing agreement

 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) of section 25.18 of the
 2 mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 171 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 10. On or before November first of each year, beginning one year after
 5 the initial deposit of monies in the opioid settlement fund, the rele-
 6 vant commissioners[,] shall provide a written report to the governor,
 7 temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the
 8 senate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means commit-
 9 tee, chair of the senate alcoholism and substance [abuse] use disorders
 10 committee, chair of the assembly alcoholism and drug abuse committee,
 11 and the opioid settlement advisory board. Such report shall be presented
 12 as a consolidated dashboard and be made publicly available on the
 13 respective offices' websites. The report shall, to the extent practica-
 14 ble after making all diligent efforts to obtain such information,
 15 include the following: (i) the baseline funding for any entity that
 16 receives funding from the opioid settlement fund or other funds received
 17 pursuant to a New York opioid settlement sharing agreement, prior to the
 18 receipt of such [opioid settlement] funds; (ii) how funds deposited in
 19 the opioid settlement fund and other funds received pursuant to a New
 20 York opioid settlement sharing agreement had been utilized in the
 21 preceding calendar year, including but not limited to: (A) the amount of
 22 money disbursed [from the fund] and the award process used for such
 23 disbursement, if applicable; (B) the names of the recipients, the
 24 amounts awarded to such recipient and details about the purpose such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08762-02-5

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 1 funds were awarded for, including what specific services and programs
 2 the funds were used on and what populations such services or programs
 3 served; (C) the main criteria utilized to determine the award, including
 4 how the program or service assists to reduce the effects of substance
 5 use disorders; (D) an analysis of the effectiveness of the services
 6 and/or programs that received opioid settlement funding or other funds
 7 received pursuant to a New York opioid settlement sharing agreement in
 8 their efforts to reduce the effects of the overdose and substance use
 9 disorder epidemic. Such analysis shall utilize evidence-based uniform
 10 metrics when reviewing the effects the service and/or program had on
 11 prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery advancements; (E)
 12 any relevant information provided by the New York subdivisions pursuant
 13 to this section; and (F) any other information the commissioner deems
 14 necessary to help inform future appropriations and funding decisions,
 15 and ensure such funding is not being used to supplant local, state, or
 16 federal funding.
 17 § 2. Subdivision (d) of section 25.18 of the mental hygiene law, as
 18 amended by chapter 171 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 19 follows:
 20 (d) Limitation on authority of