Bill Text: NY A02646 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires a doctor to obtain the informed consent of patients prior to prescribing psychiatric drugs notifying the patients of possible adverse effects of the drug.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A02646 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A02646-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2646 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring notifi- cation and the informed consent of the patient prior to prescribing psychiatric drugs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 3346 to read as follows: 3 § 3346. Psychiatric drug informed consent. No doctor shall prescribe 4 an antipsychotic, antidepressant, hallucinogen, or mood stabilizer drug, 5 brand or generic, as defined in section thirty-three hundred six of this 6 article, for the treatment of psychiatric disorders or conditions with- 7 out the prior notification and the signed informed consent of the 8 patient informing the patient of any possible adverse effects of the 9 drug and the interaction with other medications the patient is currently 10 prescribed. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06905-01-3
