Assembly Bill A9252

                             
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                                   9252
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 21, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. DAIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and  the  state  finance  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring opioid antagonists to be stored with all auto-
   mated external defibrillators in the state of New York and  establish-
   ing a grant program to accomplish such goal

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The  legislature  finds  that  opioid
 overdoses  continue  to  be  a leading cause of preventable death in the
 State of New York. Immediate  access  to  opioid  antagonists,  such  as
 naloxone  nasal  spray, can prevent fatalities and save lives. Automated
 external defibrillators are strategically located in many public  places
 and  emergency  response  settings. By mandating that automated external
 defibrillator units also include opioid antagonists, New York state will
 better equip bystanders and first responders to address both cardiac and
 opioid-related emergencies, thus  improving  public  safety  and  public
 health outcomes.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (c) of subdivision 1 of section 3000-b of the public
 health law, as added by chapter 552 of the laws of 1998, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (c)  "Public  access  defibrillation  provider"  means a person, firm,
 organization or  other  entity  possessing  or  operating  an  automated
 external  defibrillator pursuant to a collaborative agreement under this
 section OR PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS,  TRANSPORTATION  HUBS,  PLACES  OF
 PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, AND OTHER LOCATIONS AS DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   §  3.  Subdivision  4  of  section  3000-b of the public health law is
 renumbered subdivision 5 and a new subdivision 4 is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  OPIOID ANTAGONISTS. (A) ALL PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION PROVIDERS
 SHALL CAUSE THE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATOR  TO  ALSO  CONTAIN  AT
 LEAST  ONE  DOSE  OF  AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 NALOXONE NASAL SPRAY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISH-
 ING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR STORAGE, LABELING,  REPLACEMENT,  TRAINING,
 AND  MAINTENANCE  OF  OPIOID  ANTAGONISTS  CO-LOCATED WITH THE AUTOMATED
 EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR UNITS.
   (C) ALL PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION PROVIDERS SHALL ALSO BE RESPONSI-
 BLE  FOR  THE  MAINTENANCE AND TIMELY REPLACEMENT OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS,
 INCLUDING EXPIRATION DATE TRACKING AND PROPER STORAGE.
   (D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE  TRAINING  RESOURCES  FOR  THE
 ADMINISTRATION  OF  OPIOID  ANTAGONISTS,  INCLUDING  DIGITAL AND ON-SITE
 FORMATS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXISTING AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATOR
 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
   §  4.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3000-g
 to read as follows:
   § 3000-G. PUBLIC  ACCESS  DEFIBRILLATION  PROVIDER  OPIOID  ANTAGONIST
 GRANT  PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRIL-
 LATION PROVIDER OPIOID ANTAGONIST GRANT PROGRAM TO  BE  ADMINISTERED  BY
 THE DEPARTMENT.
   2.  THE  PURPOSE  OF SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE TO PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE AND
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION PROVIDERS  WHO  ARE
 SEEKING  TO OBTAIN OPIOID ANTAGONISTS ALONGSIDE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFI-
 BRILLATOR UNITS.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SET CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT AWARDS.
 THOSE  ELIGIBLE  TO  PURCHASE  OPIOID  ANTAGONISTS  ALONGSIDE  AUTOMATED
 EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATOR UNITS, AND WHO APPLY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT
 AWARDS UNDER SUCH PROGRAM. GRANTS AWARDED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE  OF  PURCHASING  OPIOID  ANTAGONISTS  AND
 SHALL  PRIORITIZE  FOR SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS LOCATED
 IN HIGH-RISK OR UNDERSERVED AREAS.
   4. THE PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION PROVIDER OPIOID ANTAGONIST PROGRAM
 SHALL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION OF THE  LEGISLATURE  OR
 ANY  OTHER FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE STATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FUNDS ADMINISTERED  IN  THE  PUBLIC  ACCESS
 DEFIBRILLATION PROVIDER OPIOID ANTAGONIST GRANT PROGRAM FUND PURSUANT TO
 SECTION  NINETY-NINE-TT  OF  THE STATE FINANCE LAW. GRANTS SHALL ONLY BE
 AWARDED BASED UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
   § 5. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-tt to
 read as follows:
   § 99-TT. PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION PROVIDER OPIOID ANTAGONIST GRANT
 PROGRAM FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE
 STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  A
 FUND  TO  BE  KNOWN AS THE "PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION PROVIDER OPIOID
 ANTAGONIST GRANT PROGRAM FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS COLLECTED THEREFOR, OR MONEYS
 CREDITED, APPROPRIATED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM  ANY  OTHER  FUND  OR
 SOURCE  PURSUANT  TO  LAW,  OR  ANY  OTHER MONEYS MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THE FUND.
   3. MONEYS OF THE FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE  AND
 ALLOCATION  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL BE
 AVAILABLE ONLY FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION PROVIDER
 OPIOID ANTAGONIST GRANT PROGRAM, AS SET FORTH  IN  SECTION  THREE  THOU-
 SAND-G OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   §  6. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027. Effective immediate-
 ly, 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.