What's happening
This bill requires all college-owned or operated housing in New York to keep opioid antagonists onsite and train resident assistants to use them.
Why it matters
Expands coverage to all colleges,. not just state and city universities, meaning private and independent colleges must also comply—this closes a significant gap and could increase campus safety statewide.
Requires resident assistants (RAs) to be trained in opioid overdose response,. ensuring that someone with lifesaving skills is present in every college-owned or operated residence, which can reduce response times during emergencies.
Mandates accessible opioid antagonists (like naloxone) in all campus housing,. making it more likely that overdoses can be quickly reversed, potentially saving lives and reducing the risk of fatal incidents in college communities.
Addresses the opioid crisis directly at the student level,. recognizing that college students are not immune to opioid risks and ensuring proactive, practical measures to protect young adults in shared living environments.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
762
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring all college-owned or college-operated housing to provide and maintain an opioid antagonist onsite
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6438-a of the education law, as added by chapter 580 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
1. Every campus of the state university of New York and every campus of the city university of New York, and every college chartered by the regents or incorporated by special act of the legislature and which maintains a campus, shall provide training in the administration of opioid antagonists pursuant to a program approved under section thirtythree hundred nine of the public health law to every resident assistant employed by such campus. Such campuses shall provide and maintain onsite in each college-owned or college-operated housing opioid antagonists, as defined in section thirty-three hundred nine of the public health law, in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner of health. Such opioid antagonists shall be accessible by every resident assistant for use during emergencies to any student, staff or other individual on college-owned or college-operated housing premises suspected of having an opioid overdose whether or not there is a previous history of opioid abuse.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02559-01-5
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