S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6481
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to permitting certain
persons to leave behind opioid antagonists at the location of a known
or suspected opioid overdose
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of
section 3309 of the public health law, as added by chapter 148 of the
laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
(v) As used in this section, "entity" includes, but is not limited to,
a school district, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
PROVIDER, public library, board of cooperative educational services,
county vocational education and extension board, charter school, non-
public elementary or secondary school, restaurant, bar, retail store,
shopping mall, barber shop, beauty parlor, theater, sporting or event
center, inn, hotel or motel.
§ 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section
3309 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 42 of the laws of
2014, is amended to read as follows:
(iii) An opioid antagonist recipient may possess an opioid antagonist
obtained pursuant to this paragraph, may distribute such opioid antag-
onist to a recipient EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY LEAVING BEHIND AN OPIOID
ANTAGONIST AT THE LOCATION OF A KNOWN OR SUSPECTED OPIOID OVERDOSE, and
may administer such opioid antagonist to a person the recipient reason-
ably believes is experiencing an opioid overdose.
§ 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 3309 of the public
health law, as amended by chapter 148 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06456-01-5
A. 6481 2
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