Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 13, 2015 |
signed chap.13 |
Mar 02, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
Feb 25, 2015 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.36 substituted for a4274 |
Feb 25, 2015 |
substituted by s2486 |
Feb 19, 2015 |
advanced to third reading cal.36 |
Feb 10, 2015 |
reported |
Jan 30, 2015 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A4274
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MCDONALD
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S2486 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Michael Simanowitz
James Skoufis
David Buchwald
Patricia Fahy
multi-Sponsors
Barbara Clark
Sandy Galef
Peter Lopez
N. Nick Perry
2015-A4274 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2486
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §281, Pub Health L; amd §6810, Ed L
2015-A4274 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4274 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- 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 electronic prescriptions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 281 of the public health law, as added by section 2 of part B of chapter 447 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 3. On or before December thirty-first, two thousand twelve, the commissioner shall promulgate regulations, in consultation with the commissioner of education, establishing standards for electronic prescriptions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other law to the contrary, effective [two] THREE years subsequent to the date on which such regulations are promulgated, no person shall issue any prescription in this state unless such prescription is made by electronic prescription from the person issuing the prescription to a pharmacy in accordance with such regulatory standards, except for prescriptions: (a) issued by veterinarians; (b) issued in circumstances where electronic prescribing is not available due to temporary techno- logical or electrical failure, as set forth in regulation; (c) issued by practitioners who have received a waiver or a renewal thereof for a specified period determined by the commissioner, not to exceed one year, from the requirement to use electronic prescribing, pursuant to a proc- ess established in regulation by the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of education, due to economic hardship, technological limitations that are not reasonably within the control of the practi- tioner, or other exceptional circumstance demonstrated by the practi- tioner; (d) issued by a practitioner under circumstances where, notwith- standing the practitioner's present ability to make an electronic prescription as required by this subdivision, such practitioner reason- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08462-01-5
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