In the Senate since February 26, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 365
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND RECOVERY NAVIGATION FOR PERSONS WITH AN OPIOID USE DISORDER.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To require hospitals to (1) treat patients presenting to the emergency department with symptoms of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine without requiring admission of the patient to the hospital, (2) discharge such patients from the emergency department with a supply of opioid antagonists, and (3) refer such patients to local substance use disorder treatment programs.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
3 co-sponsors
In the House of Representatives
1 co-sponsor
Its course
February 26 to March 24, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action9 actions on 6 days
In the SenateFrom Feb 26
Public Health CommitteeFeb 26 to Mar 911 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Mar 9
Who voted how
Yea Aimee Berger-Girvalo, Amy Morrin Bello, Cristin McCarthy Vahey, Derek Slap, Douglas McCrory, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Henry J. Genga, Jan Hochadel, Jillian Gilchrest, John-Michael Parker, Jonathan Steinberg, Josh Elliott, Julie Kushner, Kai J. Belton, MD Rahman, Martha Marx, Mike Demicco, Patrick Biggins, Sarah Keitt, Saud Anwar
Nay Amy Romano, Anne Dauphinais, Christie M. Carpino, Heather S. Somers, Jeff Gordon, Joe Polletta, Karen Reddington-Hughes, Kathy Kennedy, Lezlye Zupkus, Nicole Klarides-Ditria, Tracy Marra
Not voting Rebecca Martinez
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Feb 26 – Mar 9
- Feb 26Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
- Feb 27Heard in Public Health Committee
- Mar 9Public Health Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published
- Feb 26REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 27PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 9Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 10FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 18REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Mar 24RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 24FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Mar 24SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Mar 24FILE NO.Both houses