Assembly Bill A1057

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes schools to possess and administer FDA approved opioid reversal agents in emergency situations

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A1057 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §921-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10634
2023-2024: A2114

2025-A1057 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes schools to possess and administer FDA approved opioid reversal agents in emergency situations to negate or neutralize, in whole or in part, the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the human body.

2025-A1057 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1057
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DAVILA, STIRPE, HEVESI, CRUZ, RAMOS, TAYLOR,
   BENDETT, SLATER, K. BROWN, LEMONDES -- read once and referred  to  the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing schools to
   possess and administer FDA approved opioid reversal agents in emergen-
   cy situations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  921-b
 to read as follows:
   §  921-B.  ON-SITE  FDA  APPROVED  OPIOID REVERSAL AGENTS.   1. SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, COUNTY VOCATIONAL
 EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARDS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND NON-PUBLIC  ELEMEN-
 TARY  AND  SECONDARY  SCHOOLS  IN  THIS  STATE  MAY PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
 ON-SITE IN EACH INSTRUCTIONAL SCHOOL FACILITY ALL  FDA  APPROVED  OPIOID
 REVERSAL  AGENTS  IN QUANTITIES AND TYPES DEEMED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, TO BE ADEQUATE  TO  ENSURE
 READY  AND  APPROPRIATE ACCESS FOR USE DURING EMERGENCIES TO ANY STUDENT
 OR STAFF TO NEGATE OR NEUTRALIZE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, THE PHARMACOLOGI-
 CAL EFFECTS OF AN OPIOID IN THE HUMAN BODY.
   2. SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, COUN-
 TY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARDS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND  NON-
 PUBLIC  ELEMENTARY  AND  SECONDARY  SCHOOLS  IN  THIS  STATE, ANY PERSON
 EMPLOYED BY ANY SUCH ENTITY, OR EMPLOYED BY  A  CONTRACTOR  OF  SUCH  AN
 ENTITY  WHILE  PERFORMING SERVICES FOR THE ENTITY MAY ADMINISTER ANY FDA
 APPROVED OPIOID REVERSAL AGENTS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00266-01-5

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