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Assembly Bill A8648A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to interchangeable biological products

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2015-A8648 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6802, 6810 & 6816-a, Ed L; amd §206, Pub Health L

2015-A8648 - Summary

Relates to interchangeable biological products; enacts provisions relating to substitutions of biological products by pharmacists.

2015-A8648 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8648

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  the  substitution
  of interchangeable biological products for prescribed products

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

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
279-a to read as follows:
  S  279-A.  INTERCHANGEABLE  BIOLOGICAL  PRODUCTS.  1.  AS USED IN THIS
SECTION:
  (A) "BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT" MEANS A  BIOLOGICAL  PRODUCT  AS  DEFINED  IN
SUBSECTION (I) OF SECTION 351 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT 42 U.S.C.
SECTION 262(I).
  (B)  "INTERCHANGEABLE  BIOLOGICAL  PRODUCT" MEANS A BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT
LICENSED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION  PURSUANT  TO
42  U.S.C.   SECTION 262(K)(4) OR A BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT DETERMINED BY THE
UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION TO BE THERAPEUTICALLY  EQUIV-
ALENT  AS  SET  FORTH  IN THE LATEST EDITION OR SUPPLEMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVED DRUG PRODUCTS  WITH  THERA-
PEUTIC  EQUIVALENCE  EVALUATIONS,  SOMETIMES  REFERRED TO AS THE "ORANGE
BOOK."
  2. A PHARMACIST SHALL SUBSTITUTE A BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT FOR A PRESCRIBED
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT ONLY IF ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
  (A) THE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY  THE  UNITED  STATES
FOOD  AND  DRUG ADMINISTRATION TO BE INTERCHANGEABLE WITH THE PRESCRIBED
PRODUCT;
  (B) THE PRESCRIBER DOES NOT DESIGNATE THAT A SUBSTITUTION IS PROHIBIT-
ED AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TEN OF
THE EDUCATION LAW; AND
  (C) THE PHARMACIST INDICATES ON THE LABEL  AFFIXED  TO  THE  IMMEDIATE
CONTAINER  IN  WHICH  THE  BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT IS SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED THE
NAME AND STRENGTH OF THE PRODUCT AND ITS MANUFACTURER UNLESS  THE  PRES-
CRIBER  SPECIFICALLY STATES OTHERWISE, AND THE PHARMACIST RECORDS ON THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD13220-02-5
              

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2015-A8648A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6802, 6810 & 6816-a, Ed L; amd §206, Pub Health L

2015-A8648A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to interchangeable biological products; enacts provisions relating to substitutions of biological products by pharmacists.

2015-A8648A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 8648--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED, TITONE, SKOUFIS, RAIA, LUPINACCI,
  BARRETT, McDONOUGH, QUART, STECK -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee  on  Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
  to  the  substitution  of  interchangeable  biological  products   for
  prescribed products

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

  Section 1. Section 6802 of the education law is amended by adding  two
new subdivisions 27 and 28 to read as follows:
  27.  "BIOLOGICAL  PRODUCT"  MEANS  A  BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT AS DEFINED IN
SUBSECTION (I) OF SECTION 351 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT 42 U.S.C.
SECTION 262(I).
  28. "INTERCHANGEABLE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT" MEANS  A  BIOLOGICAL  PRODUCT
LICENSED  BY  THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO
42 U.S.C.   SECTION 262(K)(4) AS SET FORTH  IN  THE  LATEST  EDITION  OR
SUPPLEMENT  OF  THE  UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION LISTS OF
LICENSED BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS  WITH  REFERENCE  PRODUCT  EXCLUSIVITY  AND
BIOSIMILARITY  OR  INTERCHANGEABILITY EVALUATIONS, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO
AS THE "PURPLE BOOK," OR A BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT DETERMINED BY  THE  UNITED
STATES  FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION TO BE THERAPEUTICALLY EQUIVALENT AS
SET FORTH IN THE LATEST EDITION OR SUPPLEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES  FOOD
AND  DRUG  ADMINISTRATION APPROVED DRUG PRODUCTS WITH THERAPEUTIC EQUIV-
ALENCE EVALUATIONS, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE "ORANGE BOOK."
  S 2. Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 6 of section  6810  of
the  education  law, paragraph (b) as amended and paragraph (d) as added
by chapter 913 of the laws of 1986, paragraph (c) as  added  by  chapter
776 of the laws of 1977, are amended to read as follows:
  (b)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER
LAW, WHEN AN INTERCHANGEABLE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT ORIGINALLY PRESCRIBED IS AVAILABLE AND THE PHARMACIST
AGREES TO DISPENSE THE PRESCRIBED BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT FOR  A  PRICE  THAT
WILL  NOT  EXCEED  THE PRICE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR THE INTER-

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

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