S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7555
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 9, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the consent
of the patient or an authorized individual to consent on the patient's
behalf before a prescription is delivered
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6810 of the education law, as
amend by chapter 413 of the laws of 2014, the second undesignated para-
graph of subdivision (a) as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 57
of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
2. (a) A prescription may not be refilled unless it bears a contrary
instruction and indicates on its face the number of times it may be
refilled. A prescription may not be refilled more times than allowed on
the prescription. The date of each refilling must be indicated on the
original prescription. Prescriptions for controlled substances shall be
refilled only pursuant to article thirty-three of the public health law.
A pharmacy registered with the department pursuant to section sixty-
eight hundred eight or sixty-eight hundred eight-b of this article may
not deliver a new or refilled prescription off premises without the
EXPRESS consent of the patient or an individual authorized to consent on
the patient's behalf OR ACTION TAKEN IN LIEU OF INDICATING THE EXPRESS
CONSENT OF THE PATIENT TO RECEIVE THE PRESCRIPTION. For the purposes of
this section, EXPRESS consent [may be obtained in the same manner and
process by which consent is deemed acceptable under the federal Medicare
Part D program] SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
(1) THE PATIENT OR AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL'S PHYSICAL OR ELECTRONIC
SIGNATURE AUTHORIZING EACH PRESCRIPTION DELIVERED;
(2) THE PHARMACY MAY CONTACT THE PATIENT OR AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL FOR
VERBAL, ELECTRONIC OR WRITTEN CONSENT TO DELIVER AND MUST DOCUMENT
CONSENT IN THE PATIENT RECORD; OR
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(3) FOR PHARMACIES THAT ADMINISTER REFILL REMINDER OR MEDICATION
ADHERENCE PROGRAMS AND DELIVER OFF PREMISES, IF AN EXPRESS CONSENT IS
NOT RECEIVED ON EACH PRESCRIPTION, THEN THE REFILL REMINDER PROGRAM OR
MEDICATION ADHERENCE PROGRAM SHALL BE AN OPT-IN PROGRAM THAT IS UPDATED
AS TO PATIENT CONSENT EVERY ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS.
(b) Pharmacy providers who deliver medication without patient or
authorized individual EXPRESS consent will be required to accept the
return of the medication from the patient, provide that patient credit
for any charges they may have paid, PROVIDE CREDIT TO THE MEDICAL PLAN
FOR CHARGES PAID, and will be required to destroy those medications sent
without consent on delivery in accordance with applicable state and
federal law. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to interfere with
the requirements for refill reminder or medication adherence programs.
Nothing in this section is intended to apply to long-term care pharmacy
dispensing and delivery.
(C) PHARMACY PROVIDERS WHO DELIVER MEDICATIONS SHALL PROVIDE A STATE-
MENT OF RIGHTS UPON DELIVERY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT OUTLINES THE
PATIENT'S RIGHTS REGARDING CONSENT AND PRESCRIPTION DELIVERY OPTIONS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.