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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4997
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 14, 2025
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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:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2803-c of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph s to read as follows:
3 s. No nursing home or facility providing health related services,
4 which is registered with the state of New York and registered with the
5 federal Drug Enforcement Agency, that maintains a stock of, and directly
6 dispenses, controlled substance medications, as defined in section thir-
7 ty-three hundred six of this chapter, shall deny admission to an indi-
8 vidual who is receiving a controlled substance medication for a
9 substance use disorder.
10 § 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
