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Assembly Bill A10957A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a narcolepsy and sleep disorder education and awareness program

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2025-A10957 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10482
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207, Pub Health L

2025-A10957 - Summary

Establishes a narcolepsy and sleep disorder education and awareness program to reduce stigma and promote screening, diagnosis, and management through evidence-based treatment and medication for narcolepsy and other sleep disorders.

2025-A10957 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10957
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
   narcolepsy and sleep disorder education and awareness program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 207 of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
   (T) NARCOLEPSY AND SLEEP DISORDERS INCLUDING THE IMPACT OF NARCOLEPSY,
 SLEEP DISORDERS AND SLEEP HEALTH ON PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND PUBLIC HEALTH,
 REDUCING STIGMA, THE IMPORTANCE OF  SCREENING  AND  DIAGNOSIS,  AND  THE
 PUBLIC  SAFETY  IMPLICATIONS  OF  UNTREATED  NARCOLEPSY  AND OTHER SLEEP
 DISORDERS, INCLUDING RISKS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  DRIVING  AND  OCCUPATIONAL
 HAZARDS.  SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO HEALTHCARE
 PROVIDERS, EDUCATORS, AND THE PUBLIC ON REDUCING  STIGMA  AND  PROMOTING
 SCREENING,  DIAGNOSIS,  AND  MANAGEMENT THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT
 AND MEDICATION FOR NARCOLEPSY AND OTHER SLEEP DISORDERS. ANY EDUCATIONAL
 MATERIALS SHALL BE DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE  OF  MENTAL
 HEALTH,  DEPARTMENT  OF TRANSPORTATION, AND RELEVANT HEALTHCARE PROVIDER
 GROUPS INCLUDING THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE AND DISSEMINATED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT IN COORDINATION WITH COMMERCIAL HEALTH PLANS,  HEALTH-
 CARE  PROVIDER  ORGANIZATIONS,  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  AND  COMMUNITY HEALTH
 PROGRAMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15375-01-6

2025-A10957A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10482
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207, Pub Health L

2025-A10957A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a narcolepsy and sleep disorder education and awareness program to reduce stigma and promote screening, diagnosis, and management through evidence-based treatment and medication for narcolepsy and other sleep disorders.

2025-A10957A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10957--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   narcolepsy and sleep disorder education and awareness program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public  health  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
   (T) NARCOLEPSY AND SLEEP DISORDERS INCLUDING THE IMPACT OF NARCOLEPSY,
 SLEEP DISORDERS AND SLEEP HEALTH ON PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND PUBLIC HEALTH,
 REDUCING  STIGMA,  THE  IMPORTANCE  OF  SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS, AND THE
 PUBLIC SAFETY IMPLICATIONS  OF  UNTREATED  NARCOLEPSY  AND  OTHER  SLEEP
 DISORDERS,  INCLUDING  RISKS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  DRIVING AND OCCUPATIONAL
 HAZARDS. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO  HEALTHCARE
 PROVIDERS,  EDUCATORS,  AND  THE PUBLIC ON REDUCING STIGMA AND PROMOTING
 SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT  THROUGH  EVIDENCE-BASED  TREATMENT
 AND  MEDICATION  FOR NARCOLEPSY AND OTHER SLEEP DISORDERS. THE MATERIALS
 MAY BE DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH,
 DEPARTMENT  OF TRANSPORTATION, AND BY INFORMED BEST PRACTICES FROM RELE-
 VANT HEALTHCARE PROVIDER GROUPS INCLUDING THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF  SLEEP
 MEDICINE AND DISSEMINATED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN COORDINATION WITH COMMER-
 CIAL  HEALTH  PLANS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS
 AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15375-04-6

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