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Assembly Bill A8538

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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2017-A8538 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5670
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3331, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7365
2019-2020: A741, S331
2021-2022: A2091, S1934
2023-2024: A770, S4870
2025-2026: A1937, S5260

2017-A8538 (ACTIVE) - 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.

2017-A8538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8538
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 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.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD04262-01-7

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