Assembly Bill A8459

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to statewide opioid settlement agreements

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Current Bill Status Via S6757 - Passed Assembly

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A8459 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6757
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §25.18, Ment Hyg L

2025-A8459 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies that certain provisions related to statewide opioid settlement agreements shall cover settlements and releases related to any entities involved in the prescription drug marketing, supply and payment chain that may have contributed to the opioid epidemic through illegal conduct.

2025-A8459 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8459
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to statewide  opioid
   settlement agreements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 8 of subdivision (a)  of  section  25.18  of  the
 mental  hygiene  law,  as amended by chapter 171 of the laws of 2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
   8. "Statewide opioid settlement agreements" means agreements of state-
 wide applicability entered into on or after  June  first,  two  thousand
 twenty-one  by  the  office  of  the attorney general, including but not
 limited to consent judgments, consent  decrees  filed  or  unfiled,  and
 related  agreements  or  documents between the state and [certain opioid
 manufacturers, distributors, dispensers, consultants, chain  pharmacies,
 related entities, and/or the New York subdivisions, to provide remunera-
 tion]  ANY  PARTY, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO RESOLVE CLAIMS for conduct
 related to the manufacture, promotion, dispensing, sale, OVERUTILIZATION
 and/or distribution of opioid products which are consistent with  subdi-
 vision  sixteen  of  section sixty-three of the executive law. Copies of
 such agreements, including any amendments thereto, shall be kept on file
 by the attorney general, who shall make such  available  for  inspection
 and  copying  pursuant  to  the  provisions of article six of the public
 officers law.
   § 2. Subdivision (d) of section 25.18 of the mental  hygiene  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  171  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (d) Limitation on authority of government entities to bring  lawsuits.
 No  government entity shall have the authority to assert released claims
 against entities released by the department of law in a statewide opioid
 settlement agreement executed by the department of law and the  released
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11105-02-5

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