Assembly Bill A614

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires publication of consumer generic drug guide; requires generic non-prescriber statement

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A614 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6810, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2652
2013-2014: A3320

2009-A614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the state board of pharmacy, in conjunction with the state consumer protection board, to prepare and publish a guide explaining the purpose, function and availability of generic drugs; requires prescribers of drugs not approving a generic substitution to inform the patient of the reasons for such non-approval.

2009-A614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   614

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. JACOBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to a generic drug guide
  for consumers

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Generic  drug  guide.  1.  The state board of pharmacy in
conjunction with the state consumer protection board shall  prepare  and
publish  a  guide  explaining the purpose, function, and availability of
generic drugs. Such guide shall be made available  to  individuals  upon
request  and  without  charge,  except  that  requests for more than ten
copies shall be subject to a nominal charge to cover the cost of reprod-
uction and handling.
  2. The state board of pharmacy shall conduct a survey  of  pharmacists
and  prescribers beginning no earlier than March fifteenth next succeed-
ing the date on which this act takes effect and  ending  no  later  than
April thirtieth, next succeeding the date on which this act takes effect
for the purpose of determining frequency of use of generic drugs.
  S  2.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 6810 of the education
law, as amended by chapter 913 of the laws of 1986, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  (b)  The  prescriber  shall  inform  the patient whether he or she has
prescribed a brandname or its generic equivalent drug product,  AND,  IF
THE  PRESCRIBER HAS NOT PRESCRIBED SUCH GENERIC EQUIVALENT DRUG PRODUCT,
THE PRESCRIBER  SHALL  INFORM  THE  PATIENT  OF  THE  REASONS  FOR  SUCH
DECISION.
  S  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02152-01-9

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