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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the dispensal of controlled substances by ER practitioners"
+description: "Allows a practitioner in a hospital without a full-time pharmacy to dispense to a patient in a hospital emergency room for use off the premises a 24 hour supply of certain drugs, unless the federal drug enforcement administration has authorized a longer time period for the purpose of initiating maintenance treatment, detoxification treatment, or both."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 5984"
+citation: "New York A 5984 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John T. McDonald III"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-28"
+last_action: "2024-11-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/035e262c-bd18-4d0b-bbe1-dc0311a0266e"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5984"
+source_hash: "dd9ffa3404cf3e7efe6cf7dfc9cde8129ac279fabe6f20a1cf647d427e78fae3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 5984 (2023-2024) — Relates to the dispensal of controlled substances by ER practitioners
+
+Allows a practitioner in a hospital without a full-time pharmacy to dispense to a patient in a hospital emergency room for use off the premises a 24 hour supply of certain drugs, unless the federal drug enforcement administration has authorized a longer time period for the purpose of initiating maintenance treatment, detoxification treatment, or both.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5984** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5984&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **A5984A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5984A)
+3. **A5984B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5984B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **135–2** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John T. McDonald III — primary (person)
+- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
+- Nikki Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-28** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-01** PRINT NUMBER 5984A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-14** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 5984B `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-21** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-22** REPORTED
+- **2024-05-22** RULES REPORT CAL.101
+- **2024-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.101
+- **2024-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-05-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-05-23** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7177B
+- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1351
+- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.466 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/035e262c-bd18-4d0b-bbe1-dc0311a0266e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+