NY State Senate Bill 2011-S1033

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 04, 2012	referred to higher education
Jan 05, 2011	referred to higher education

co-Sponsors

View additional co-sponsors

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7595
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §6826, Ed L; amd §276-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:: S2484

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires pharmacies to post notice of the professional misconduct complaint process.

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1033

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the education law and the public health law, in
relation to providing public notice of the education department
professional misconduct complaint process relating to pharmacies


 PURPOSE :
Encourages the distribution of information to the general public about
the jurisdiction of the state education department and the office of
professions as it relates to filing complaints of alleged professional
misconduct related to activities of pharmacies.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Amends Education Law section 6826(4)to require pharmacies
to post a sign that notifies consumers of the jurisdiction of the
education department to accept and investigate complaints about
alleged professional misconduct, including the prescription dispensing
process, counseling, and licensure issues. This notification should be
placed on the already existing sign that notifies the public about the
drug retail price list. Such portion of the sign needs to have the
phone number, web address and electronic mail address of the education
department. Pharmacies in hospitals, nursing homes or extended care
facilities limited to providing prescription drugs for inpatient care
are exempt from this requirement.

Section 2: Amends Public Health Law section 276-a to add the
notification provisions provided for in section 1 of this bill to be
placed on the department of health's internet web-site for
prescription drug retail price lists.

 JUSTIFICATION :
Recent studies have indicated that approximately 2-3 million errors
may occur each year at retail pharmacies around the U.S., including
approximately 210,000 in New York state. However, most of these errors
are not reported to state licensing authorities. This may be because
pharmacies are not required to report their errors and consumers are
not aware of the need to report such mistakes to anyone other than the
pharmacy.

Errors such as receiving the wrong drug or inappropriate dosage of the
such drug can cause serious side effects or unintended drug
interactions. If even 1 in 1,000 of prescription errors results in a
life or health-threatening condition, a rate supported by some
studies, then up to 200 New York lives could be saved each year by
helping the NYS Education Department to more effectively monitor the
practice of pharmacy in our State.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2010 - S.2484-C - PASSED SENATE; A.8101-B Referred to Higher Education
2008 - S.8779 - Referred to Rules

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect 180 days after it shall have become a law.

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1033

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, ADAMS, BRESLIN, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HUNT-
  LEY,  MONTGOMERY,  SAVINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
  to providing public notice of the  education  department  professional
  misconduct complaint process relating to pharmacies

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 6826  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by chapter 293 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new subdi-
vision 4-a is added to read as follows:
  4. Pharmacies shall have a sign notifying  people  of  BOTH:  (A)  the
availability  of  the drug retail price list and the availability of the
department of health prescription drug retail price  list  database  and
the  web  address  of  that  database,  AND  (B) THE JURISDICTION OF THE
DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AND INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS  ABOUT  ALLEGED  PROFES-
SIONAL  MISCONDUCT, INCLUDING THE PRESCRIPTION DISPENSING PROCESS, COUN-
SELING RELATED ISSUES AND LICENSURE ISSUES.  EACH  SUCH  SIGN  SHALL  BE
conspicuously  posted  at or adjacent to the place in the pharmacy where
prescriptions are presented for compounding and dispensing, in the wait-
ing area for customers, or in the area where prescribed drugs are deliv-
ered.
  4-A. THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR
OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER, INTERNET WEB ADDRESS
AND ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT.  PROVIDED, FURTHER,  THAT
THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUCH PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PHARMACY IN A
HOSPITAL OR RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE  FACILITY,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, WHICH DISPENSES DRUGS
TO PATIENTS ADMITTED TO SUCH HOSPITAL OR FACILITY.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04765-01-1

S. 1033                             2

  S 2. Section 276-a of the public health law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A.  THE  PRESCRIPTION  DRUG RETAIL PRICE LIST DATABASE POSTED ON THE
DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEBSITE SHALL INCLUDE A NOTICE ON THE JURISDICTION
OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AND INVESTIGATE  COMPLAINTS  ABOUT
ALLEGED PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT BY PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES, INCLUDING
THE  PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISPENSING PROCESS, COUNSELING RELATED ISSUES AND
LICENSURE ISSUES, AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (B) OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF
SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Find your Senator and share your views on important issues.

Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S1033

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

Actions

co-Sponsors

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Do you support this bill?

Get Status Alerts for 2011-S1033

Senate Bill S1033

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

Actions

co-Sponsors

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1033 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments