NY A01227 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to health
Pending: Assembly Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; requires that for the first opioid analgesic prescription of a calendar year the prescribing physician shall counsel the patient on the risks of overdose.

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Title

Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; requires that for the first opioid analgesic prescription of a calendar year the prescribing physician shall counsel the patient on the risks of overdose.

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-03Assemblyreferred to health
2023-01-13Assemblyreferred to health

Same As/Similar To

S03521 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH

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