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Senate Bill S9859

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires quarterly reporting on the amounts awarded and received from the opioid settlement fund

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2023-S9859 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5807
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §25.18, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S6290, A504

2023-S9859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires quarterly reporting on the opioid settlement fund, including the names of the recipients and the amounts awarded and received.

2023-S9859 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9859
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring a quar-
   terly report on the opioid settlement fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision (c) of section 25.18 of the mental hygiene law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph 11 to read as follows:
   11. THE RELEVANT COMMISSIONERS SHALL SUBMIT A QUARTERLY REPORT TO  THE
 OPIOID  SETTLEMENT  BOARD,  THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE  CHAIRS  OF  THE  SENATE  AND  ASSEMBLY
 COMMITTEES  ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE, THAT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, THE AMOUNT OF THE FUNDS CURRENTLY HELD IN THE OPIOID SETTLE-
 MENT FUND, THE AMOUNTS DISBURSED THAT QUARTER, THE NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND
 AMOUNTS AWARDED TO THE RECIPIENTS, AND THE  NAMES,  ADDRESSES,  AND  THE
 AMOUNTS  RECEIVED  BY  THE  RECIPIENTS, FOR SUCH QUARTER. SUCH QUARTERLY
 REPORT SHALL BE COMPILED WITH PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED QUARTERLY REPORTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10140-03-4

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