Bill Commons

NY S 6455

in committee

Relates to requiring homeless shelters to keep an opioid antagonist on hand, have at least one trained employee on duty at all times, and develop a training plan for opioid overdoses

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6455 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6455 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

What is NY S 6455 about?

Requires homeless shelters to keep an opioid antagonist on hand at all times and trained personnel when required by when applicable law, regulation, code, or operating plan approved by a social services district or the commissioner otherwise requires employees to be at the premises, sets out the requirements for the training of those employees; develops a training plan for opioid overdoses in conjunction with a registered opioid overdose prevention program.

Who sponsors NY S 6455?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 6455, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires homeless shelters to keep an opioid antagonist on hand at all times and trained personnel when required by when applicable law, regulation, code, or operating plan approved by a social services district or the commissioner otherwise requires employees to be at the premises, sets out the requirements for the training of those employees; develops a training plan for opioid overdoses in conjunction with a registered opioid overdose prevention program.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cordell Cleareprimary
  • Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-14

    REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9552not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 110not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 8982not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1872not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 658

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6455?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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