Assembly Bill A6644

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to allowed opioid prescription amounts

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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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2019-A6644 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3331, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A9840

2019-A6644 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces the allowed prescription amounts for opioids to the morphine milligram equivalent of a seven-day supply.

2019-A6644 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6644
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to allowed opioid
   prescription amounts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 3331 of the public health law, as
 amended by section 1 of part C of chapter 71 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   5. (a) No more than a thirty day supply or, pursuant to regulations of
 the  commissioner  enumerating  conditions  warranting specified greater
 supplies, no more than a three month supply of a schedule II, III or  IV
 substance, as determined by the directed dosage and frequency of dosage,
 may be dispensed by an authorized practitioner at one time.
   (b)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 sion, a practitioner, within the scope of his or her professional  opin-
 ion  or  discretion,  may not prescribe more than a seven-day supply, OR
 THE MORPHINE MILLIGRAM EQUIVALENT OF A SEVEN-DAY SUPPLY, of any schedule
 II, III, or IV opioid to an ultimate user upon the initial  consultation
 or  treatment of such user for acute pain. Upon any subsequent consulta-
 tions for the same pain, the practitioner may issue, in accordance  with
 paragraph  (a)  of this subdivision, any appropriate renewal, refill, or
 new prescription for the opioid or any other drug.
   (c) For the purposes of this  subdivision,  "acute  pain"  shall  mean
 pain,  whether resulting from disease, accidental or intentional trauma,
 or other cause, that the practitioner reasonably expects to last only  a
 short  period  of  time.  Such term shall not include chronic pain, pain
 being treated as part of cancer care, hospice or other end-of-life care,
 or pain being treated as part of palliative care practices.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10580-01-9

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