---
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).