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Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction holds forum in Yates County ~ O'Mara, colleagues developing recommendations focused on prevention, treatment and law enforcement

February 24, 2016

Senator O'Mara brought the Senate Task Force on Heroin to Penn Yan on Tuesday night to hear local testimony on the heroin epidemic.

Senate approves extension of 'Lauren's Law' in ongoing effort to boost organ and tissue donations

February 24, 2016

Supporters of the legislation project that it will lead to 560,000 new organ donor registrees over the next four years.

Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of February 22, 2016 ~ 'A life lost every 24 minutes'

February 22, 2016

New York State Capitol

O’Mara co-sponsors legislation to encourage local Medicaid fraud investigations: 'We need to continue to root out Medicaid abuse, fraud and waste'

February 19, 2016

Senator O'Mara has long fought for Medicaid spending reform and cost-cutting initiatives.

O'Mara legislation continues to target meth crimes [UPDATED FEBRUARY 22nd: From the Hornell Evening Tribune, "METH EXPLOSION: Neighbors describe minutes after alleged meth operation went wrong']

February 17, 2016

“Meth labs, including the increasingly prevalent one-pot method, pose unacceptable risks to our neighborhoods, roadsides and wooded areas where children and others can be exposed to the hazardous and toxic residues of these labs," said O'Mara.