Bill Text: NY S07537 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows pharmacies to electronically transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10448 [S07537 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7537
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 9, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
          to allowing pharmacies to  electronically  transfer  prescriptions  to
          other pharmacies
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 281 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-a. A pharmacy that receives  an  electronic  prescription  from  the
     4  person   issuing   the   prescription   may  immediately  transfer  such
     5  prescription to an alternative pharmacy if the  pharmacy  receiving  the
     6  initial prescription is unable to fill such initial prescription.
     7    §  2.  Section  6810  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
     8  subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
     9    10-a. A pharmacy that receives an  electronic  prescription  from  the
    10  person   issuing   the   prescription   may  immediately  transfer  such
    11  prescription to an alternative pharmacy if the  pharmacy  receiving  the
    12  initial prescription is unable to fill such initial prescription.
    13    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15146-01-6