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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8758
I N S E N A T E
January 8, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to replacing the term
addict with the term person with substance use disorder
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 3351 of the public health law, as
amended by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the public health law
relating to authorizing institutional dispensers to dispense controlled
substances for use off premises in an emergency situation for at least
three days and authorizing practitioners to dispense controlled
substances for use in maintenance or detoxification treatment to an
addict or habitual user, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
3416-D and A. 5892-B, is amended to read as follows:
3. A practitioner may prescribe, administer, and dispense any schedule
III, IV, or V narcotic drug approved by the federal food and drug admin-
istration specifically for use in maintenance or detoxification treat-
ment to [an addict] A PERSON WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER or habitual
user.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the public health law
relating to authorizing institutional dispensers to dispense controlled
substances for use off premises in an emergency situation for at least
three days and authorizing practitioners to dispense controlled
substances for use in maintenance or detoxification treatment to an
addict or habitual user, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
3416-D and A. 5892-B, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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