Requires the report on statewide opioid settlements include the amount of funds that have been spent and requires the public be provided information on how much funds have been spent.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8997
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
August 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the reporting of
statewide opioid settlements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 10 of subdivision (c) and subdivision (c-1) of
2 section 25.18 of the mental hygiene law, paragraph 10 of subdivision (c)
3 as amended and subdivision (c-1) as added by section 1 of part II of
4 chapter 57 of the laws of 2025, are amended to read as follows:
5 10. On or before November first of each year, beginning one year after
6 the initial deposit of monies in the opioid settlement fund, the rele-
7 vant commissioners shall provide a written report to the governor,
8 temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the
9 senate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means commit-
10 tee, chair of the senate alcoholism and substance use disorders commit-
11 tee, chair of the assembly alcoholism and drug abuse committee, and the
12 opioid settlement advisory board. Such report shall be presented as a
13 consolidated dashboard and be made publicly available on the respective
14 offices' websites. The report shall, [to the extent practicable after
15 making all diligent efforts to obtain such information,] include the
16 following: (i) the baseline funding for any entity that receives funding
17 from the opioid settlement fund, prior to the receipt of such funds;
18 (ii) [how] the amount of funds deposited in the opioid settlement fund
19 [had] that have been [utilized] spent and have been committed to be
20 spent in the preceding calendar year and in future years, including but
21 not limited to: (A) the amount of money disbursed and the award process
22 used for such disbursement, if applicable; (B) the names of the recipi-
23 ents, the amounts awarded to such recipient and details about the
24 purpose such funds were awarded for, including what specific services
25 and programs the funds were used on and what populations such services
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 or programs served; (C) the main criteria utilized to determine the
2 award, including how the program or service assists to reduce the
3 effects of substance use disorders; (D) an analysis of the effectiveness
4 of the services and/or programs that received opioid settlement funding
5 in their efforts to reduce the effects of the overdose and substance use
6 disorder epidemic. Such analysis shall utilize evidence-based uniform
7 metrics when reviewing the effects the service and/or program had on
8 prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery advancements; (E)
9 any relevant information provided by the New York subdivisions pursuant
10 to this section; and (F) any other information the commissioner deems
11 necessary to help inform future appropriations and funding decisions,
12 and ensure such funding is not being used to supplant local, state, or
13 federal funding.
14 (c-1) On or before November first of each year, any New York subdivi-
15 sion that directly received funds pursuant to a statewide opioid settle-
16 ment agreement shall publicly post on their website information regard-
17 ing how such funding was [utilized] spent and how much remains to be
18 spent and the programs that received such funds and shall submit such
19 information to the office of addiction services and supports. Such
20 information shall be updated on an annual basis. The office of addiction
21 services and supports shall re-post such information on its website.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
