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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6758: Requires practitioners to discuss certain risks with a patient who is being prescribed a controlled substance or an opioid analgesic

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 6758 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires practitioners to discuss certain risks with a patient who is being prescribed a controlled substance or an opioid analgesic. Primary sponsor: Nathalia Fernández (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires practitioners to discuss certain risks with a patient who is being prescribed a schedule II controlled substance or an opioid analgesic; requires the department of health to develop practitioner guidelines.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Nathalia FernándezPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Gustavo RiveraCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.1095
  7. PRINT NUMBER 6758B
  8. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  9. PRINT NUMBER 6758A
  10. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  11. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  12. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source