Senate Bill S4997

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits nursing homes and care facilities from denying admission to individuals receiving a controlled substance medication for a substance use disorder

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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-S4997 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S9088
2023-2024: S5369

2025-S4997 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits nursing homes and care facilities that are registered with the state of New York and registered with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, that maintains a stock of, and directly dispenses, controlled substance medications from denying admission to individuals receiving a controlled substance medication for a substance use disorder.

2025-S4997 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4997
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting  nurs-
   ing  homes  and  care facilities from denying admission to individuals
   receiving a controlled substance medication for a substance use disor-
   der

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2803-c of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph s to read as follows:
   S.  NO  NURSING  HOME  OR  FACILITY PROVIDING HEALTH RELATED SERVICES,
 WHICH IS REGISTERED WITH THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND REGISTERED  WITH  THE
 FEDERAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, THAT MAINTAINS A STOCK OF, AND DIRECTLY
 DISPENSES, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MEDICATIONS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THIR-
 TY-THREE  HUNDRED  SIX OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL DENY ADMISSION TO AN INDI-
 VIDUAL  WHO  IS  RECEIVING  A  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  MEDICATION  FOR  A
 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09726-01-5

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