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S5900 • 2025

Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs in counties with the most prevalent prescription substance use disorder

Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs in counties with the most prevalent prescription substance use disorder

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Andrew J. Lanza
Last action
2026-06-04
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs in counties with the most prevalent prescription substance use disorder

Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs in counties with the most prevalent prescription substance use disorder Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs in counties with the most prevalent prescription substance use disorder.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs in counties with the most prevalent prescription substance use disorder Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs in counties with the most prevalent prescription substance use disorder.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-04 Senate

    REPASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-06-04 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  4. 2026-06-01 Senate

    RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

  5. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  6. 2026-06-01 Senate

    VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

  7. 2026-06-01 Senate

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5900A

  8. 2026-05-07 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  9. 2026-05-07 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  10. 2026-05-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE

  11. 2026-05-05 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  12. 2026-05-04 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  13. 2026-04-29 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.872

  14. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  15. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  16. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

  17. 2025-06-10 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  18. 2025-06-10 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  19. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE

  20. 2025-05-20 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  21. 2025-05-19 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  22. 2025-05-15 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1124

  23. 2025-03-03 Senate

    REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

Official Summary Text

Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs in counties with the most prevalent prescription substance use disorder
Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs in counties with the most prevalent prescription substance use disorder.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5900

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      March 3, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  LANZA, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Alcoholism  and
          Substance Use Disorders

        AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the distribution
          in counties with the  most  prevalent  prescription  opioid  abuse  of
          educational  materials  regarding  the  misuse  of  and  addiction  to
          prescription drugs

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision (j) of section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:
     3    (4) UTILIZING DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
     4  LIMITED TO, INFORMATION OBTAINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION
     5  THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE-A OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW,  THE  COMMISSIONER
     6  SHALL  IDENTIFY THE COUNTIES IN NEW YORK STATE WHERE PRESCRIPTION OPIOID
     7  ABUSE IS MOST PREVALENT. PHARMACISTS LICENSED BY THE STATE  TO  DISPENSE
     8  PRESCRIPTION DRUGS MAY BE NOTIFIED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER
     9  IN  COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ABOUT THE PREVALENCE OF
    10  OPIOID ABUSE IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH  PHARMACISTS  ARE  LOCATED  AND
    11  ENCOURAGE  THE  FACILITIES  WHERE  PRESCRIPTION  DRUGS  ARE DISPENSED TO
    12  DISTRIBUTE MATERIALS CREATED OR UTILIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    14  have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10508-01-5