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A11727Assembly2025-2026 Session

Disclose Opioid Settlement Spending

Official title

“Requires government entities review and post information about funds received pursuant to the statewide opioid settlement agreement”

Sponsor Phil SteckAD-110Affects Health
Status
In Assembly Committee
Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
32%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Alcoholism And Drug Abuse

What's happening

This bill requires state review and approval of how opioid settlement funds are used by local governments.

Why it matters

  1. Tighter oversight. This bill gives the state’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) the authority to review and approve how local governments use opioid settlement funds, ensuring compliance with state law and settlement agreements—representing a new layer of accountability not previously required.

  2. Affects every local government. Any government entity in New York that receives opioid settlement funds—ranging from counties to cities and towns—will need to submit detailed annual reports for state review, impacting local flexibility and administrative processes statewide.

  3. Public transparency and state standards. The bill mandates that both the local government’s spending details and the state’s review/approval be posted online, making it easier for the public to see whether funds are being used for approved addiction-related services and not diverted to unrelated expenses.

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Who cares

  • Local Government Entities

    Because they are required to post information on how opioid settlement funds are used, and now must have that information reviewed and approved before it is finalized.

  • Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)

    Responsible for reviewing, approving, and then publicly posting the use of opioid settlement funds, adding to their oversight and administrative duties.

  • Advocacy Groups and the Public

    Interested in transparency and accountability regarding opioid settlement funds, as this amendment ensures public access to reviewed and approved spending information.

  • Service Providers and Grantees

    Organizations that receive opioid settlement funding may be impacted by stricter oversight and reporting requirements to demonstrate compliance with approved uses.

Headline styles

Disclose Opioid Settlement Spending

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Phil Steck

Assembly Member · Assembly District 110

Chair, Alcoholism and Drug AbuseRules

No co-sponsors yet.

History

  1. Referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

11727

IN ASSEMBLY

September 16, 2026

Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Steck) -read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the review and approval of information concerning the statewide opioid settlement agreement

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision (c-1) of section 25.18 of the mental hygiene law, as added by section 1 of part II of chapter 57 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:

(c-1) On or before November first of each year, any New York [subdivision] government entity that directly received funds pursuant to a statewide opioid settlement agreement shall publicly post on their website information regarding how such funding was utilized and shall submit such information to the office of addiction services and supports. Such information shall be updated on an annual basis. The office of addiction services and supports shall review and approve such information to ensure that the funding was utilized for purposes which are consistent with this section, section ninety-nine-nn of the state finance law and the statewide opioid settlement agreements and then re-post such information, including their review and approval, on its website.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD16346-01-6

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