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Home/Bills/S 101New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 101: 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.

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

What S 101 does, verified January 10, 2026

The bill aims to amend the public health law to require 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 help prevent relapse. The provision does not supersede existing requirements related to consulting the prescription monitoring program registry. The bill takes effect on the 90th day after it becomes a law, and allows for the immediate implementation of necessary rules and regulations.

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Last action: REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
Jan. 08, 2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 317 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 101 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders 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 
Text of S 101 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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