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Assembly Bill A7517

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires vehicles operated by public transit authorities to contain opioid antagonists

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2025-A7517 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3309, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10715

2025-A7517 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires vehicles operated by public transit authorities to contain opioid antagonists and for public transit authorities to train employees on the proper use of opioid antagonists.

2025-A7517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7517
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring vehicles
   operated by public transit authorities to contain opioid antagonists
 
   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 and a new subparagraph (vii) is added to read
 as follows:
   (v) As used in this section, "entity" includes, but is not limited to,
 a school district, 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, sport-
 ing or event center, PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY, inn, hotel or motel.
   (VII)  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION, "PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY" MEANS A
 PUBLIC AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED UNDER  THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW  WHICH
 PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
   §  2. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. EVERY VEHICLE OPERATED BY A PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY SHALL CONTAIN
 AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST.  PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITIES SHALL  PROVIDE  TRAIN-
 ING,  APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, TO EMPLOYEES ON THE PROPER USE OF AN
 OPIOID ANTAGONIST.
   § 3. 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.
                                                            LBD07971-01-5

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