Establishes a narcolepsy and sleep disorder education and awareness program to reduce stigma and promote screening, diagnosis, and management through evidence-based treatment and medication for narcolepsy and other sleep disorders.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10957
IN ASSEMBLY
April 14, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
narcolepsy and sleep disorder education and awareness program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
3 (t) Narcolepsy and sleep disorders including the impact of narcolepsy,
4 sleep disorders and sleep health on physical, mental, and public health,
5 reducing stigma, the importance of screening and diagnosis, and the
6 public safety implications of untreated narcolepsy and other sleep
7 disorders, including risks associated with driving and occupational
8 hazards. Such program shall provide educational materials to healthcare
9 providers, educators, and the public on reducing stigma and promoting
10 screening, diagnosis, and management through evidence-based treatment
11 and medication for narcolepsy and other sleep disorders. Any educational
12 materials shall be developed in consultation with the office of mental
13 health, department of transportation, and relevant healthcare provider
14 groups including the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and disseminated
15 by the department in coordination with commercial health plans, health-
16 care provider organizations, school districts and community health
17 programs.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
19 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
20 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
21 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
22 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15375-01-6
