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A 3963: Includes sleep medication Suvorexant in the Schedule IV list of depressant drugs.
What A 3963 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the Public Health Law to include suvorexant in the Schedule IV list of depressant drugs. Suvorexant is a medication used to treat insomnia. The bill would add a new paragraph to the existing law to specifically include suvorexant in this list. The changes would take effect 90 days after the bill becomes a law.
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Jan. 30, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 30, 2025 · 151 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3963 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including Suvorex- ant in the Schedule IV list of depressant drugs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of schedule IV of section 3306 of the 2 public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph 54 to read as 3 follows: 4 (54) Suvorexant. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 6 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07509-01-5
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