Bill Text: NY A00770 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to patient counseling before issuing a prescription for a schedule II opioid; requires practitioners to consult with the patient regarding the quantity of the opioid and the patient's option to fill the prescription in a lesser quantity, and to inform the patient of the risks associated with opiate addiction and document the reason for the prescription.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A00770 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00770-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           770

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to patient counseling
          before issuing a prescription for a schedule II opioid

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 3331 of the public health law is amended by  adding
     2  a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a. Prior to issuing a prescription for a schedule II opioid, a prac-
     4  titioner shall:
     5    (a)  consult with the patient regarding the quantity of the opioid and
     6  the patient's option to fill the prescription in a lesser quantity;
     7    (b) inform the patient of the risks associated with opiate  addiction;
     8  and
     9    (c)  document  the reason for the opioid prescription in the patient's
    10  medical record.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
    13  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    14  of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
    15  completed on or before such effective date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00919-01-3