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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6757
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 24, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 mental hygiene law, in relation to statewide opioid
settlement agreements
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 8 of subdivision (a) of section 25.18 of the
mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 171 of the laws of 2022, is
amended to read as follows:
8. "Statewide opioid settlement agreements" means agreements of state-
wide applicability entered into on or after June first, two thousand
twenty-one by the office of the attorney general, including but not
limited to consent judgments, consent decrees filed or unfiled, and
related agreements or documents between the state and [certain opioid
manufacturers, distributors, dispensers, consultants, chain pharmacies,
related entities, and/or the New York subdivisions, to provide remunera-
tion] ANY PARTY, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO RESOLVE CLAIMS for conduct
related to the manufacture, promotion, dispensing, sale, OVERUTILIZATION
and/or distribution of opioid products which are consistent with subdi-
vision sixteen of section sixty-three of the executive law. Copies of
such agreements, including any amendments thereto, shall be kept on file
by the attorney general, who shall make such available for inspection
and copying pursuant to the provisions of article six of the public
officers law.
§ 2. Subdivision (d) of section 25.18 of the mental hygiene law, as
amended by chapter 171 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
follows:
(d) Limitation on authority of government entities to bring lawsuits.
No government entity shall have the authority to assert released claims
against entities released by the department of law in a statewide opioid
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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settlement agreement executed by the department of law and the released
party on or after June first, two thousand twenty-one. Any action filed
by a government entity after June thirtieth, two thousand nineteen
asserting released claims against a [manufacturer, distributor, or
dispenser of opioid products] RELEASED PARTY IN A STATEWIDE OPIOID
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, shall be extinguished by operation of law upon
being released pursuant to such statewide opioid settlement agreement.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.