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Senate Bill S8033

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits incarcerated individuals suffering from a substance use disorder from being prescribed medications for a different disorder

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2025-S8033 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §626, Cor L

2025-S8033 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits incarcerated individuals who are determined to suffer from a substance use disorder for which there is no FDA approved addiction medications from being administered medication approved for a different disorder.

2025-S8033 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8033 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8033
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
   Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting incarcer-
   ated individuals suffering from a substance use  disorder  from  being
   prescribed medications for a different disorder

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of  subdivision  2  of  section  626  of  the
 correction  law,  as  separately  amended by chapters 147 and 486 of the
 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) The commissioner, in conjunction  with  the  office  of  addiction
 services  and  supports, shall establish a program to be administered at
 correctional facilities within the department  in  the  state,  for  the
 purpose  of  employing  medication  assisted  treatment for incarcerated
 individuals in such  facilities  who  are  undergoing  treatment  for  a
 substance  use disorder. Such program shall include all forms of medica-
 tion assisted treatments approved for the treatment of a  substance  use
 disorder by the Federal Food and Drug Administration for the duration of
 an incarcerated individual's incarceration and shall provide an individ-
 ualized  treatment plan for each participant. After a medical screening,
 incarcerated individuals who are determined to suffer from  a  substance
 use  disorder,  for which FDA approved addiction medications exist shall
 be offered placement  in  the  medication  assisted  treatment  program.
 Placement  in  such  program  shall not be mandatory. Each participating
 incarcerated individual shall work  with  an  authorized  specialist  to
 determine  an  individualized  treatment  plan, including an appropriate
 level of counseling. Decisions regarding type, dosage,  or  duration  of
 any  medication regimen shall be made by a qualified health care profes-
 sional licensed or certified under title eight of the education law  who
 is  authorized  to  administer  such  medication in conjunction with the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13108-01-5

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