Keep Pushing for Settlement Interest Protection and Treatment Access

The Senate moved. The Assembly still needs to act.

This is real momentum, and it matters. The Senate passed both bills, but neither bill has passed the Assembly yet. We need community members to keep calling, keep sharing, and keep reminding lawmakers that settlement dollars should save lives and treatment should be easier to access, not harder.

Contact Assembly leadership

Please call or email these offices. You can use the script below and personalize it if you want. Short, respectful messages are enough.

Suggested phone script

You can read this as written, or add your own experience. Short messages are okay.

Hello, my name is [Your Name], and I am calling about two addiction-related bills that passed the Senate and still need Assembly action.

Please help move A10234A / S9278A forward. This bill protects interest earned on opioid settlement funds and makes sure those dollars are used for approved opioid crisis response.

I am also asking the Assembly to move and pass A3148A / S1763A, which would reduce cost barriers for outpatient substance use treatment.

These bills are about saving lives, expanding access to care, and making sure public resources meant for addiction response actually reach people and communities.

Please keep these bills moving and make them a priority at the next available opportunity.

Thank you.

Short email template

Copy, paste, and personalize this message if you prefer to email.

Subject: Please move A10234A and A3148A forward

Dear [Speaker Heastie / Chair Pretlow / Chair Weprin / Assemblymember Name],

I am writing to ask the Assembly to move two addiction-related bills forward.

A10234A / S9278A would protect interest earned on opioid settlement funds and make sure those dollars are used for approved opioid crisis response.

A3148A / S1763A would help reduce cost barriers for outpatient substance use treatment.

Both Senate bills have passed. Now the Assembly still needs to act.

These bills are about saving lives, reducing harm, expanding access to care, and making sure public resources meant for addiction response actually reach people and communities.

Please help keep these bills moving and make them a priority at the next available opportunity.

Thank you,

[Your Name]
[Your City or Town]

What these bills would do

Key points you can mention

Use one or two of these if you want to personalize your call or email.

• The calls helped, and both Senate bills passed.
• The Assembly still needs to move A10234A / S9278A and A3148A / S1763A forward.
• Opioid settlement funds came from harm done to people, families, and communities.
• Interest earned on settlement funds should follow the same purpose as the funds themselves.
• Settlement dollars should support approved opioid crisis response, not unrelated spending.
• People are still dying from preventable overdoses, and every available dollar should be used to save lives.
• Cost should not be a barrier that keeps people from starting or staying in outpatient substance use treatment.
• Funding and policy should support harm reduction, treatment, recovery, housing, mental health support, peer support, and community outreach.
• Grassroots and community-based organizations doing direct work need accessible funding and real support.

Official bill links

You can use these links to view the official bill pages and check the current status.

Share this call to action

After you call or email, please share this with others. There is power in numbers.

UPDATE: Two addiction-related bills passed the NYS Senate and still need Assembly action.

A10234A / S9278A would protect interest earned on opioid settlement funds and make sure those dollars are used for approved opioid crisis response.

A3148A / S1763A would help reduce cost barriers for outpatient substance use treatment.

Please contact Assembly leadership and your Assemblymember and ask them to keep these bills moving.

https://recoveryallways.org/advocacy/protect-opioid-settlement-interest/