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Assembly Bill A11727

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires government entities review and post information about funds received pursuant to the statewide opioid settlement agreement

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2025-A11727 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §25.18, Ment Hyg L

2025-A11727 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires government entities review and post information about funds received pursuant to the statewide opioid settlement agreement including information about how such funds are being used properly.

2025-A11727 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11727
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 16, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Steck) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  the  review  and
   approval  of  information  concerning  the statewide opioid settlement
   agreement
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  (c-1) of section 25.18 of the mental hygiene
 law, as added by section 1 of part II of chapter 57 of the laws of 2025,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (c-1) On or before November first of each year, any New York [subdivi-
 sion] GOVERNMENT ENTITY that  directly  received  funds  pursuant  to  a
 statewide  opioid  settlement  agreement  shall  publicly  post on their
 website information regarding how such funding was  utilized  and  shall
 submit  such  information  to  the  office  of  addiction  services  and
 supports. Such information shall be updated  on  an  annual  basis.  The
 office  of addiction services and supports shall REVIEW AND APPROVE SUCH
 INFORMATION TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDING WAS UTILIZED FOR  PURPOSES  WHICH
 ARE  CONSISTENT  WITH  THIS SECTION, SECTION NINETY-NINE-NN OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW AND THE STATEWIDE  OPIOID  SETTLEMENT  AGREEMENTS  AND  THEN
 re-post  such  information,  INCLUDING THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, on its
 website.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16346-01-6

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