A 5840: Requires inpatient facilities to dispense at-risk individuals with opioid reversal drugs upon discharge.
What A 5840 does, verified February 18, 2026
The bill requires hospitals to inform patients of available substance use disorder treatment services upon discharge or admission. Upon discharge, hospitals must dispense at least two doses of opioid reversal drugs to patients who appear to be at risk for a substance use disorder. This requirement also applies to patients discharged from inpatient facilities operated or licensed by the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services or the office of mental health. The bill takes effect 180 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: reported referred to ways and means (2026-02-10)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5840
- What is the current status of A 5840?
- As of February 18, 2026, A 5840 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on February 10, 2026, was "reported referred to ways and means".
- Did A 5840 pass?
- Not yet. A 5840 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5840, and where is it now?
- A 5840 was authored by Asm. Phil Steck with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means. It is filed under MHY, alongside 61 other New York MHY bills this session.
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| Feb. 10, 2026 | reported referred to ways and means |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to alcoholism and drug abuse |
| May. 19, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
| Feb. 24, 2025 | referred to alcoholism and drug abuse |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 24, 2025 · 343 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5840 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse AN ACT to amend the public health law and the mental hygiene law, in relation to dispensing certain individuals with opioid reversal drugs upon discharge The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2803-u of the public health law, 2 as added by section 1 of part C of chapter 70 of the laws of 2016, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 3. (a) Upon commencement of treatment, admission, or discharge of an 5 individual with a documented substance use disorder or who appears to 6 have or be at risk for a substance use disorder, including discharge 7 from the emergency department, such hospital shall inform the individual 8 of the availability of the substance use disorder treatment services 9 that may be available to them through a substance use disorder services 10 program. 11 (b) Upon discharge of an individual who appears to be at risk for a 12 substance use disorder, such hospital shall dispense at least two doses 13 of opioid reversal drugs. 14 § 2. Section 29.15 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a 15 new subdivision (o) to read as follows: 16 (o) Upon discharge from an inpatient facility operated or licensed by 17 the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services or the office of 18 mental health, a patient who appears to be at risk for a substance use 19 disorder shall be dispensed at least two doses of opioid reversal drugs. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 21 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07416-01-5
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