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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2725--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 22, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
include an opioid antagonist in first aid supplies required by federal
law
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 27-f to
read as follows:
§ 27-F. REQUIRING FIRST AID MATERIALS IN A WORKPLACE TO INCLUDE AN
OPIOID ANTAGONIST. ALL EMPLOYERS THAT ARE FEDERALLY MANDATED TO HAVE
FIRST AID SUPPLIES READILY AVAILABLE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALL INJURED
EMPLOYEES MUST INCLUDE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST IN SUCH FIRST AID SUPPLIES.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "EMPLOYER" INCLUDES ANY PERSON, CORPO-
RATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, OR ASSOCIATION EMPLOYING ANY INDI-
VIDUAL IN ANY OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, TRADE, BUSINESS, OR SERVICE. THE
TERM "EMPLOYER" SHALL NOT INCLUDE A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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