S 9272

                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   9272
                             I N  S E N A T E
                             February 20, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
   Use Disorders
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding opioid over-
   dose prevention measures in certain settings
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section  1. Section 922 of the education law, as amended by chapter 68
 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   §  922.  Opioid  overdose  prevention.  1.  School  districts,  public
 libraries, 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] SHALL provide  and  main-
 tain  on-site  in  each instructional school facility or library, opioid
 antagonists, as defined in section three thousand three hundred nine  of
 the public health law, in quantities and types deemed by the commission-
 er,  in  consultation with the commissioner of health, to be adequate to
 ensure ready and appropriate access for use during  emergencies  to  any
 student,  individual  on  library  premises or staff suspected of having
 opioid overdose whether or not there is a  previous  history  of  opioid
 abuse.
   2.  School  districts,  public libraries, boards of cooperative educa-
 tional services, county vocational education and extension boards, char-
 ter schools, and non-public elementary and  secondary  schools  in  this
 state [may] SHALL elect to participate as an opioid antagonist recipient
 and  any  person employed by any such entity that has elected to partic-
 ipate may administer an opioid antagonist in the event of an  emergency,
 provided  that such person shall have been trained by a program approved
 under section three thousand three hundred nine  of  the  public  health
 law.  Any  school  district, public library, board of cooperative educa-
 tional services, county vocational education and extension board,  char-
 ter  school,  and  non-public  elementary  and secondary school that has
 employees trained in accordance with this section shall comply with  the
 requirements  of section three thousand three hundred nine of the public
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 health law including, but not limited  to,  appropriate  clinical  over-
 sight,  record  keeping  and  reporting.  No person shall be required to
 participate in the program and any participation by an individual  shall
 be voluntary.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.