---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes practitioners in institutional dispensers to dispense controlled substances as emergency treatment and authorizes practitioners to dispense controlled substances for use in detoxification treatment"
description: "Authorizes practitioners in institutional dispensers to dispense controlled substances as emergency treatment for use off the premises of the institutional dispenser; authorizes practitioners to dispense controlled substances for use in maintenance or detoxification treatment to an addict or habitual user."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 3416"
citation: "New York S 3416 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathalia Fernandez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d794597e-8938-47ec-8221-d2b1f09c5a9e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3416"
source_hash: "8710d67f70191c3e970a0160cc152f52baeebea121000284390a04ea71fe7394"
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 S 3416 (2025-2026) — Authorizes practitioners in institutional dispensers to dispense controlled substances as emergency treatment and authorizes practitioners to dispense controlled substances for use in detoxification treatment

Authorizes practitioners in institutional dispensers to dispense controlled substances as emergency treatment for use off the premises of the institutional dispenser; authorizes practitioners to dispense controlled substances for use in maintenance or detoxification treatment to an addict or habitual user.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S3416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3416&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S3416A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416A)
3. **S3416B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416B)
4. **S3416C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416C)
5. **S3416D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3416D)

## Votes

- Health Vote - Version: D — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: D — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: D — **57–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nathalia Fernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-27** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** PRINT NUMBER 3416A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** PRINT NUMBER 3416B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** PRINT NUMBER 3416C `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** PRINT NUMBER 3416D `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-13** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1482
- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5892B
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.655
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.546 `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-21** APPROVAL MEMO.7

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d794597e-8938-47ec-8221-d2b1f09c5a9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).