New York S 7617: Relates to the enactment of the Safer Consumption Services Act

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S07617 Summary:

BILL NOS07617 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04916

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRBAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY,
 JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 33-C §§3399 - 3399-e, Pub Health L

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Enacts the safer consumption services act which provides for the establishment of a program to provide safe injection sites.

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BILL NOS07617 

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04/23/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7617

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 23, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, BAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE,
 COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON,
 KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA,
 SERRANO, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
 be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the safer
 consumption services act

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article
 2 33-C to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 33-C
 4 SAFER CONSUMPTION SERVICES ACT
 5 Section 3399. Short title.
 6 3399-a. Definitions.
 7 3399-b. Program approval.
 8 3399-c. Designation.
 9 3399-d. Reporting.
 10 3399-e. Immunity provided.
 11 § 3399. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
 12 "safer consumption services act".
 13 § 3399-a. Definitions. As used in this article:
 14 1. "Program" means an overdose prevention center program established
 15 pursuant to this article.
 16 2. "Entity" means any community-based organization that is an author-
 17 ized syringe exchange program in accordance with the regulations of the
 18 department which provides educational, health, harm reduction, housing,
 19 or social services and any hospital, medical clinic or office, health
 20 center, nursing care facility, mental health facility, or other similar
 21 entity that provides medical care.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02284-01-5

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 1 3. "Participant" means an individual who seeks to utilize, utilizes,
 2 or has used a program established pursuant to this article.
 3 § 3399-b. Program approval. 1. Notwithstanding any other statute, law
 4 or rule to the contrary, the department may approve an entity to operate
 5 a program in one or more jurisdictions upon satisfaction of the require-
 6 ments set forth in subdivision two of this section. The department shall
 7 establish standards for program approval and training and may promulgate
 8 such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this section.
 9 (a) The department shall approve or deny an application under this
 10 section within forty-five days of the day of receipt of the application
 11 and provide a written explanation of such determination.
 12 (b) An entity may make an application under this section at any time,
 13 regardless of previous applications.
 14 2. The department may approve an entity to operate a program pursuant
 15 to this article, upon submission of an application that demonstrates the
 16 entity will, at a minimum:
 17 (a) provide a hygienic space where participants may consume their
 18 preobtained drugs that is separate from the space in which the provider
 19 performs other services;
 20 (b) provide adequate staffing by healthcare professionals or other
 21 trained staff;
 22 (c) provide sterile injection and other consumption supplies, collect
 23 used hypodermic needles and syringes, and provide secure hypodermic
 24 needle and syringe disposal services;
 25 (d) provide education on safer consumption practices, proper disposal
 26 of hypodermic needles and syringes, and overdose prevention, including
 27 written information in, at a minimum, the four most commo