S9221 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Directs the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to establish a program for individuals to receive free drug test strips to detect the presence of medetomidine, benzodiazepine, nitazenes, and/or other harmful contaminants; directs the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, in cooperation with the commissioner of the department of health, to develop and conduct a public awareness and educational campaign on the dangers of medetomidine, benzodiazepine, nitazenes, and/or other harmful contaminants.
- Title
- Establishes a medetomidine, benzodiazepine, nitazenes, and/or other harmful contaminants test strip program
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- Senate Floor Calendar
- Latest action date
- 2026-06-04
- Introduced
- 2026-02-17
- Same as
- A9001
- Substituted by
- A9001
- Law section
- Mental Hygiene Law
Sponsors
Heard in committee
- Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders NY State Senate committee
- Finance NY State Senate committee
- Rules NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A9001 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Substituted by
- A9001 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Rules, 2026-06-04
- Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders, 2026-05-21 Referred to committee; referred to Finance