New York S 5922: Requires employers to include an opioid antagonist where first aid kits are required by federal law

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S05922 Summary:

BILL NOS05922A

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SAME ASSAME AS A02725-A

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §27-f, Lab L

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Requires employers to include an opioid antagonist where first aid kits are required by federal law.

Go to top S05922 Actions:

BILL NOS05922A

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

04/30/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

04/30/2025PRINT NUMBER 5922A

05/14/20251ST REPORT CAL.1119

05/15/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/19/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/06/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A2725A

&nbspA02725 AMEND=A Paulin

&nbsp01/22/2025referred to labor

&nbsp04/22/2025amend (t) and recommit to labor

&nbsp04/22/2025print number 2725a

&nbsp04/30/2025reported 

&nbsp05/01/2025advanced to third reading cal.111

&nbsp05/05/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/05/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/05/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

&nbsp06/06/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S5922A

&nbsp06/06/20253RD READING CAL.1119

&nbsp06/06/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/06/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/12/2025signed chap.621

&nbsp12/12/2025approval memo.16

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5922--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
 include an opioid antagonist in first aid supplies required by federal
 law

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

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 27-f to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 27-f. Requiring first aid materials in a workplace to include an
 4 opioid antagonist. All employers that are federally mandated to have
 5 first aid supplies readily available for the treatment of all injured
 6 employees must include an opioid antagonist in such first aid supplies.
 7 For the purposes of this section, "employer" includes any person, corpo-
 8 ration, limited liability company, or association employing any indi-
 9 vidual in any occupation, industry, trade, business, or service. The
 10 term "employer" shall not include a governmental agency.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 12 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05773-03-5

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