Assembly BillIntroduced
A 5125: Requires that where a health care professional or professionals require the completion of an allergy checklist or form by the patient, prior to receiving care by such professional or professionals, the checklist or form shall also inquire about the opioid history of such patient.
What A 5125 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires healthcare professionals to inquire about a patient's opioid history when completing an allergy checklist or form prior to receiving care. This information is intended to inform healthcare professionals about potential opioid relapse and prevent it. The provision does not replace existing requirements for consulting the prescription monitoring program registry. The bill takes effect 90 days after it becomes law, and any necessary rules or regulations must be implemented within that timeframe.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5125
- What is the current status of A 5125?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5125 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 5125 pass?
- Not yet. A 5125 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5125, and where is it now?
- A 5125 was authored by Asm. Keith Brown with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 12, 2025 · 309 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5125 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requesting the opioid history of certain persons The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 3309-c to read as follows: 3 § 3309-c. Opioid prevention; request opioid history. Notwithstanding 4 any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, where a health care 5 professional or professionals require the completion of an allergy 6 checklist or form by the patient, prior to receiving care by such 7 professional or professionals, the checklist or form shall also inquire 8 about the opioid history of such patient. Such opioid history provided 9 by the patient, if any, is intended to inform the health care profes- 10 sional or professionals diagnostic and treatment options in order to 11 prevent any opioid relapse by such patient. The provision of this 12 section shall not supplant the requirements set forth under section 13 thirty-three hundred forty-three-a of this article related to the duty 14 to consult the prescription monitoring program registry. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 17 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 18 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 19 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00730-01-5
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