New York S 6455: Relates to requiring homeless shelters to keep an opioid antagonist on hand, have at least one trained employee on duty at all times, and develop a training plan for opioid overdoses

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S06455 Summary:

BILL NOS06455 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A00658

&nbsp

SPONSORCLEARE

&nbsp

COSPNSRFERNANDEZ

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add Art 2-A Title 3 §47, Soc Serv L

&nbsp

Requires homeless shelters to keep an opioid antagonist on hand at all times and trained personnel when required by when 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 S06455 Actions:

BILL NOS06455 

&nbsp

03/14/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

Go to topS06455 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS06455 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topS06455 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6455

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed 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

 S. 6455 2

 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,
 15 when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the phar-
 16 macological effects of an opioid in the body and that is limited to
 17 naloxone or other medications approved by the department of health for
 18 this purpose and "naloxone kit" shall mean a prefilled naloxone syringe
 19 or needle-free intranasal drug delivery device.
 20 5. The commissioner is