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A 253: Requires quarterly reporting on the opioid stewardship fund, including the names of the recipients and the amounts awarded and received.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 253 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill requires a quarterly report to be submitted to the opioid settlement board, the senate, and the assembly on the opioid stewardship fund. The report should include the amount of funds currently held in the fund, the amounts disbursed that quarter, and information about the recipients, including their names, addresses, and the amounts awarded or received. The report will be compiled with previously submitted quarterly reports and will be submitted by the commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports and the commissioner of the department of health. The bill takes effect immediately, but the amendments made to the state finance law will be repealed when the repealed section is repealed.

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Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Carrie WoernerPatrick BurkePaula Elaine KayAl StirpeTommy John SchiavoniJudy Griffin
Recent actions3 total · showing 3
Jan. 07, 2026referred to ways and means
Feb. 11, 2025reported referred to ways and means
Jan. 08, 2025referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 296 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 253 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring a quar- terly report on the opioid stewardship fund The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 97-aaaaa of the state finance law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. The commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports 4 and the commissioner of the department of health shall submit a quarter- 5 ly report to the opioid settlement board, the temporary president of the 6 senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate and 7 assembly committees on alcoholism and drug abuse, that shall include, 8 but not be limited to, the amount of the funds currently held in the 9 opioid stewardship fund, the amounts disbursed that quarter, the names, 10 addresses, and amounts awarded to the recipients, and the names, 11 addresses, and the amounts received by the recipients, for such quarter. 12 Such quarterly report shall be compiled with previously submitted quar- 13 terly reports. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 15 the amendments to section 97-aaaaa of the state finance law made by 16 section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and 17 shall be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00348-01-5 
Text of A 253 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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