A 1084: Provides free fentanyl test strips to individuals at specified distribution facilities; requires a public awareness campaign on the dangers of fentanyl and the provision of the test strips.
The bill aims to establish a fentanyl test strip program in New York, providing individuals with free access to fentanyl test strips to detect the presence of the substance. The program will be administered by the commissioner of the mental health department, and participating facilities will include hospital emergency rooms, addiction treatment centers, homeless shelters, and other settings where individuals with substance use disorders frequent. Individuals using the fentanyl test strips will not be targeted by law enforcement. A public awareness and educational campaign will be conducted to detail the dangers of fentanyl and the availability of the test strips. The program will take effect 180 days after the bill becomes a law, and the necessary rules and regulations will be implemented by the effective date.
| Jun. 22, 2026 | enacting clause stricken |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| May. 19, 2025 | reported referred to ways and means |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | referred to alcoholism and drug abuse |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1084 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK, ZACCARO, BORES, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing the fentanyl test strip program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 2 19.46 to read as follows: 3 § 19.46 Fentanyl test strip program. 4 1. The commissioner shall establish a program whereby individuals may 5 receive, free of charge, fentanyl test strips to detect the presence of 6 fentanyl. The following facilities may apply to distribute such fentanyl 7 test strips: 8 (a) hospital emergency rooms; 9 (b) addiction treatment facilities; 10 (c) facilities for substance use disorder programs; 11 (d) homeless shelters; 12 (e) urgent care centers; 13 (f) mobile medication units; 14 (g) treatment facilities as defined in subdivision five of section 15 22.09 of this title; and 16 (h) any other setting, as determined by the office, which is routinely 17 accessed by individuals with a substance use disorder. 18 2. Individuals shall not be targeted by law enforcement when they are 19 obtaining the fentanyl test strips at the facilities pursuant to subdi- 20 vision one of this section. 21 3. The commissioner, in cooperation with the commissioner of the 22 department of health, shall develop and conduct a public awareness and 23 educational campaign on the dangers of fentanyl. Such campaign shall 24 detail where fentanyl may be found and the availability of the free EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03052-01-5A. 1084 2 1 fentanyl test strips at the facilities referenced in subdivision one of 2 this section. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 4 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 5 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 6 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 7 completed on or before such effective date.