New York S 7508: Requires health care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an opioid

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S07508 Summary:

BILL NOS07508 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04538

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3309, Pub Health L

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Requires health care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an opioid and discuss the dangers of opioid addiction with such patient in a manner consistent with regulations promulgated by the commissioner of health.

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04/21/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

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

04/29/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7508

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 public health law, in relation to requiring health
 care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an
 opioid

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of
 2 section 3309 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 42 of the
 3 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) A health care professional [may] shall prescribe [by] a patient-
 5 specific or non-patient-specific [prescription] opioid antagonist when
 6 prescribing an opioid, and may also, dispense or distribute, directly or
 7 indirectly, an opioid antagonist to an opioid antagonist recipient. Such
 8 health care professional shall discuss the dangers of opioid addiction
 9 with such patient in a manner consistent with regulations promulgated by
 10 the commissioner.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 12 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 13 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 14 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 15 on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08692-01-5

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