Bill Text: NY S05867 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Requires a practitioner to consider and prescribe non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - PRINT NUMBER 5867B [S05867 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05867-Amended.html
Bill Title: Requires a practitioner to consider and prescribe non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - PRINT NUMBER 5867B [S05867 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05867-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5867--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to consideration and prescription of non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions 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 9 to read as follows: 3 9. (a) When a patient seeks treatment for any neuromusculoskeletal 4 condition that causes pain, a practitioner shall consider, discuss with 5 the patient, and, as appropriate, refer or prescribe non-opioid treat- 6 ment alternatives, based on the practitioner's clinical judgment and 7 following generally accepted national professional or treatment guide- 8 lines, and consistent with patient preference and consent, before start- 9 ing a patient on opioid treatment. For the purposes of this subdivision, 10 non-opioid treatment alternatives include, but are not limited to: 11 acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, physical therapy, occupa- 12 tional therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, non-opioid medications, 13 and non-clinical activities such as exercise. The practitioner shall 14 inform the patient that some treatments may not be covered by the 15 patient's health coverage. 16 (b) The requirements of this subdivision shall not apply for patients 17 being treated under any of the following circumstances: treatment of 18 cancer; hospice or other end-of-life care; post-surgery treatment imme- 19 diately following a surgical procedure; or in a medical emergency. For 20 purposes of this subdivision, "medical emergency" means an acute injury 21 or illness that poses an immediate risk to a person's life or health. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11730-02-9