Assembly Bill A10448

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Allows pharmacies to electronically transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies

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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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2015-A10448 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7537
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §281, Pub Health L; amd §6810, Ed L

2015-A10448 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows pharmacies to electronically transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies.

2015-A10448 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10448

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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:

  Section 1. Section 281 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A. A PHARMACY THAT RECEIVES  AN  ELECTRONIC  PRESCRIPTION  FROM  THE
PERSON  ISSUING  THE  PRESCRIPTION MAY, IF THE PRESCRIPTION HAS NOT BEEN
DISPENSED AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE PATIENT OR A  PERSON  AUTHORIZED  TO
MAKE  THE  REQUEST  ON  BEHALF  OF  THE PATIENT, IMMEDIATELY TRANSFER OR
FORWARD SUCH PRESCRIPTION TO AN ALTERNATIVE PHARMACY DESIGNATED  BY  THE
REQUESTING PARTY.
  S  2.  Section  6810  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
  10-A. A PHARMACY THAT RECEIVES AN  ELECTRONIC  PRESCRIPTION  FROM  THE
PERSON  ISSUING  THE  PRESCRIPTION MAY, IF THE PRESCRIPTION HAS NOT BEEN
DISPENSED AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE PATIENT OR A  PERSON  AUTHORIZED  TO
MAKE  THE  REQUEST  ON  BEHALF  OF  THE PATIENT, IMMEDIATELY TRANSFER OR
FORWARD SUCH PRESCRIPTION TO AN ALTERNATIVE PHARMACY DESIGNATED  BY  THE
REQUESTING PARTY.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15146-04-6

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