Bill Text: NY A01125 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives; authorizes a licensed physician and a certified nurse practitioner to prescribe and order a non-patient specific regimen to a pharmacist licensed and located in the state for the dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-06-03 - REFERRED TO RULES [A01125 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A01125-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1125--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 7, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, THIELE, GALEF, COOK, J. RIVERA, SEAWRIGHT, DINOWITZ, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BARRETT, KELLES, HEVESI, McDONALD, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SILLITTI, DICKENS, REYES, MAMDANI, ROZIC, ENGLEBRIGHT, FORREST, EPSTEIN, JACKSON, STECK, L. ROSENTHAL, NIOU, QUART, CARROLL, BURDICK, SIMON, BURGOS, LUNSFORD, GALLAGHER, LAVINE, J. D. RIVERA, CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Educa- tion in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6527 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 3 11. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a non-patient specif- 4 ic regimen to a pharmacist licensed and located in the state, pursuant 5 to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with 6 section sixty-eight hundred seven of this title, for dispensing self-ad- 7 ministered hormonal contraceptives as defined in section sixty-eight 8 hundred two of this title. 9 § 2. Section 6802 of the education law is amended by adding a new 10 subdivision 29 to read as follows: 11 29. "Self-administered hormonal contraceptives", for the purpose of 12 section sixty-eight hundred seven of this article, means self-adminis- 13 tered contraceptive medications or devices approved by the federal Food 14 and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy by using hormones to regu- 15 late or prevent ovulation, and includes oral hormonal contraceptives, 16 hormonal contraceptive vaginal rings and hormonal contraceptive patches. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01980-04-2A. 1125--A 2 1 § 3. Section 6807 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. a. A pharmacist licensed and located in the state may dispense a 4 non-patient specific regimen of self-administered hormonal contracep- 5 tives, prescribed or ordered by a licensed physician or certified nurse 6 practitioner, pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the 7 commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision. 8 b. Prior to dispensing self-administered hormonal contraceptives to a 9 patient, and at a minimum of every twelve months for each returning 10 patient, the pharmacist shall: 11 (i) provide the patient with a self-screening risk assessment ques- 12 tionnaire, developed by the commissioner of health and made available in 13 English and the top six languages spoken in the state, according to the 14 latest available data from the United States Census Bureau, to be used 15 by the patient to help the patient select an appropriate self-adminis- 16 tered hormonal contraceptive; and 17 (ii) provide the patient with a fact sheet, developed by the commis- 18 sioner of health and made available in English and the top six languages 19 spoken in the state, according to the latest available data from the 20 United States Census Bureau, that includes but is not limited to, the 21 clinical considerations and recommendations for use of the self-adminis- 22 tered hormonal contraceptive, the appropriate method for using such 23 hormonal contraceptive, information on the importance of follow-up 24 health care, and health care referral information. 25 c. The commissioner may require pharmacists to undergo training 26 related to the provisions of this subdivision. 27 d. A pharmacist shall notify the patient's primary health care practi- 28 tioner, within seventy-two hours of dispensing a self-administered 29 hormonal contraceptive, that such self-administered hormonal contracep- 30 tive has been dispensed. If the patient does not have a primary health 31 care practitioner, or is unable to provide contact information for their 32 primary health care practitioner, the pharmacist shall provide the 33 patient with a written record of the contraceptives dispensed, and 34 advise the patient to consult an appropriate health care practitioner. 35 e. Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent a pharmacist from refus- 36 ing to dispense pursuant to this subdivision if, in their professional 37 judgment, potential adverse effects, interactions or other therapeutic 38 complications could endanger the health of the patient. 39 § 4. Section 6909 of the education law is amended by adding a new 40 subdivision 11 to read as follows: 41 11. A certified nurse practitioner may prescribe and order a non-pa- 42 tient specific regimen to a pharmacist licensed and located in the 43 state, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and 44 consistent with section sixty-eight hundred seven of this title, for 45 dispensing self-administered hormonal contraceptives as defined in 46 section sixty-eight hundred two of this title. 47 § 5. This act shall take effect eighteen months after it shall have 48 become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 49 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 50 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 51 on or before such effective date.
