# New York S 3416: Authorizes practitioners in institutional dispensers to dispense controlled substances as emergency treatment and authorizes practitioners to dispense controlled substances for use in detoxification treatment New York S 3416, Authorizes practitioners in institutional dispensers to dispense controlled substances as emergency treatment and authorizes practitioners to dispense controlled substances for use in detoxification treatment, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-11-21 (APPROVAL MEMO.7) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S3416-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New York S 3416 - State: New York - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: Authorizes practitioners in institutional dispensers to dispense controlled substances as emergency treatment and authorizes practitioners to dispense controlled substances for use in detoxification treatment - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-27 - Last action: 2025-11-21, APPROVAL MEMO.7 - Sponsor: Nathalia Fernandez (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: HEALTH, WAYS AND MEANS - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (224 yes, 6 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More emergency medicine access for addiction patients: benefit, medium. Practitioners at any institutional dispenser can provide controlled medicines for emergency use away from the institution. They must have authorization from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to start maintenance treatment, detox treatment, or both. This authority is no longer limited to h… - More medicine options for addiction treatment: benefit, medium. Practitioners can prescribe, give, or dispense Schedule III, IV, or V narcotic drugs to people with addiction or habitual drug use. These drugs must be specifically approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for maintenance or detox treatment. While arranging an addiction-treatment referr… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Nathalia Fernandez (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-13 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 135 | 2 | | | 2025-06-05 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 57 | 3 | | | 2025-05-29 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 19 | 1 | | | 2025-05-13 | committee | Health Committee Vote | pass | 13 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2025-11-21: APPROVAL MEMO.7 (Senate) - 2025-11-21: SIGNED CHAP.546 (Senate) - 2025-11-17: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate) - 2025-06-13: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2025-06-13: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House) - 2025-06-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.655 (House) - 2025-06-13: SUBSTITUTED FOR A5892B (House) - 2025-06-05: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House) - 2025-06-05: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-06-05: PASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2025-05-29: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1482 (Senate) - 2025-05-29: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate) - 2025-05-13: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE (Senate) - 2025-05-07: PRINT NUMBER 3416D (Senate) - 2025-05-07: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH (Senate) - 2025-03-06: PRINT NUMBER 3416C (Senate) - 2025-03-06: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH (Senate) - 2025-02-19: PRINT NUMBER 3416B (Senate) - 2025-02-19: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH (Senate) - 2025-01-30: PRINT NUMBER 3416A (Senate) - 2025-01-30: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH (Senate) - 2025-01-27: REFERRED TO HEALTH (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment D, 2025-05-07: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416D) - Amendment C, 2025-03-06: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416C) - Amendment B, 2025-02-19: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416B) - Amendment A, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416A) - Original, 2025-01-27: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416) ## Related bills - S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer (signed) - S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors (signed) - A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors (signed) - A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses (signed) - A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending effectiveness (signed) - A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose real estate transfer taxes and to deposit revenue from such taxes into a community… (signed) ## Sources - [Amendment D (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416D) - [Amendment C (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416C) - [Amendment B (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416B) - [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416A) - [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416) ## Related - [S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S10643-2025) - [S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are cons…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9051-2025) - [A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A5175-2025) - [A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A11443-2025) - [A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10343-2025) - [A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10052-2025) - [New York bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york/bills) - [New York state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S3416-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).