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Home/Bills/A 51New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 51: Requires all employees of a family day care center, group family day care center, school-aged child care program, and child day care center be trained in administering an opioid antagonist; requires a child day care to stock at least one opioid antagonist.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 10, 2026

What A 51 does, verified January 10, 2026

The bill requires all employees of child day care centers, family day care homes, group family day care homes, and school-age child care programs to receive training in administering an opioid antagonist. These centers and homes must also stock at least one opioid antagonist on site. The definition of an "entity" under the public health law has been expanded to include various types of businesses and organizations, including child day care centers. The bill takes effect 180 days after it becomes a law.

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Last action: referred to children and families (2026-01-07)Alert me
Recent actions4 total · showing 4
Jan. 07, 2026referred to children and families
Apr. 02, 2025amend (t) and recommit to children and families
Apr. 02, 2025print number 51a
Jan. 08, 2025referred to children and families
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 378 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 51 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring at least one employee of each child day care to be trained in administer- ing an opioid antagonist The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 390-a of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. a. The site provider of a family day care home or group family day 4 care home shall provide that at least one employee who holds a valid 5 certification in a course of study in how to administer an opioid antag- 6 onist, as defined by subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 three of section thirty-three hundred nine of the public health law, be 8 on premises during the operating hours of such family day care home or 9 group family day care home. 10 b. The site supervisor of a school-age child care program shall 11 provide that at least one employee who holds a valid certification in a 12 course of study in how to administer an opioid antagonist, as defined by 13 subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section thir- 14 ty-three hundred nine of the public health law, be on premises during 15 the operating hours of such school-age child care program. 16 c. The director of a child day care center shall provide that at least 17 one employee who holds a valid certification in a course of study in how 18 to administer an opioid antagonist, as defined by subparagraph (i) of 19 paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section thirty-three hundred nine 20 of the public health law, be on premises during the operating hours of 21 such child day care center. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00511-01-5 
Text of A 51 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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