NY State Senate Bill S7365

senate Bill S7365

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to patient counseling before issuing a prescription for a schedule II opioid

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May 17, 2016	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate
May 16, 2016	ordered to third reading cal.857 committee discharged and committed to rules
Apr 22, 2016	referred to health

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S7365 - Details

Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3331, Pub Health L

S7365 - Summary

Relates to patient counseling before issuing a prescription for a schedule II opioid; requires practitioners to consult with the patient regarding the quantity of the opioid and the patient's option to fill the prescription in a lesser quantity, and to inform the patient of the risks associated with opiate addiction and document the reason for the prescription.

S7365 - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S7365

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public health law, in relation
to patient counseling before issuing a prescription for a schedule II
opioid

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill will authorize a practitioner to consult with a patient in
regards to the quantity of an opioid prescribed.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 establishes that a practitioner must consult with a patient
regarding the quantity of an opioid as well as the patient's option to
fill the prescription in a lesser quantity. The patient must also be
informed of the risk associated with an opioid-related addiction.  The
reason for the prescription is to be documented in the patient's
medical record.

Section 2 states the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

A rising number of New Yorkers are suffering from opioid addiction
that starts with a legal prescription. According to the New York

Times, in 2015 75% of heroin addicts had previously been prescribed or
used prescription opioids.

In order to combat this crisis, we must give patients the opportunity
and right to be prescribed lower doses of pain killers. In a recent
study of large chain pharmacies, one pharmacy found "42 outlier
prescribers out of more than 1 million. Within that chain alone, the
42 each issued prescriptions for about 5,000 average monthly doses of
high-risk drugs over 21 months. On an annual basis that would
cumulatively total more than 4 million dosage units" (John Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health, 19).

Statistics have shown that approximately 70% of individuals who use
opioid pain relievers on a non-medical basis, received used drugs from
either family members or friends (John Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health, 26). These numbers demonstrate that physicians continue
to over-prescribe prescription pain killers which can lead to
addiction. Patients should have the right to ask for lower dosages of
painkillers so they will not have excess medication that could be
abused by family members or friends.

Medical practitioners will also be required to document the
prescription as well as the dosage in the patient's medical history.
This will help track the patients use of addictive pain medication as
well as act as a deterrent to physicians who over prescribe opioids.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

S7365 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7365

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 22, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to patient counseling
  before issuing a prescription for a schedule II opioid

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

  Section  1. Section 3331 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A. PRIOR TO ISSUING A PRESCRIPTION FOR A SCHEDULE II OPIOID, A PRAC-
TITIONER SHALL:
  (A) CONSULT WITH THE PATIENT REGARDING THE QUANTITY OF THE OPIOID  AND
THE PATIENT'S OPTION TO FILL THE PRESCRIPTION IN A LESSER QUANTITY;
  (B)  INFORM THE PATIENT OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH OPIATE ADDICTION;
AND
  (C) DOCUMENT THE REASON FOR THE OPIOID PRESCRIPTION IN  THE  PATIENT'S
MEDICAL RECORD.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14758-02-6

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May 17, 2016 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 17, 2016

May 16, 2016 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 16, 2016

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Fred Akshar

Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate

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May 17, 2016 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 17, 2016

May 16, 2016 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 16, 2016

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George A. Amedore, Jr.

Terrence Murphy

Thomas F. O'Mara

Robert G. Ortt

S7365 - Details

S7365 - Summary

S7365 - Sponsor Memo

S7365 - Bill Text download pdf

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