Bill > A09126

This bill seeks to prohibit supervised injection sites in New York by defining them as facilities where individuals can possess and use controlled substances under medical supervision, and then explicitly making it illegal for anyone to own, operate, work in, or volunteer at such sites. The bill defines a supervised injection site as a location where addicts or other individuals can use controlled substances under the supervision of trained medical professionals like physicians, nurses, social workers, and mental health counselors, while specifically excluding opioid treatment programs and substance abuse programs certified or operated by the Office of Addiction Services and Supports. The legislation would amend the public health law to add this definition and prohibition, and would also modify the education law to consider working at a supervised injection site a violation for professionals. By creating these legal restrictions, the bill aims to prevent the establishment of harm reduction facilities where people can use drugs in a medically supervised environment, which some advocates argue can reduce overdose deaths and disease transmission, but which this bill's proponents clearly oppose.

Health and Social Services

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9126