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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to ways and means |
| Jun 13, 2019 |
print number 5603b |
| Jun 13, 2019 |
amend and recommit to ways and means reported referred to ways and means |
| May 22, 2019 |
print number 5603a |
| May 22, 2019 |
amend (t) and recommit to health |
| Feb 13, 2019 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A5603B
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRAUNSTEIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Steven Otis
Steven Cymbrowitz
multi-Sponsors
David McDonough
2019-A5603 - Details
2019-A5603 - Summary
Provides that with the first opioid prescription of each year for use in a setting other than a general hospital or nursing home under article twenty-eight of this chapter or facility under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law, or when a practitioner is prescribing a controlled substance to a patient under the care of hospice, the prescriber shall prescribe an opioid antagonist when any of the following risk factors are present: a history of substance abuse disorder; high dose or cumulative prescriptions that result in over 50 morphine milligram equivalents per day; concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepine or nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics.
2019-A5603 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5603
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 13, 2019
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, DINOWITZ, OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prescribing an
opioid antagonist with a patient's first opioid analgesic prescription
in a given year
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3302 of the public health law is amended by adding
two new subdivisions 44 and 45 to read as follows:
44. "OPIOID ANALGESICS" MEANS THE MEDICINES BUPRENOPHINE, BUTORPHANOL,
CODEINE, HYDROCODONE, HYDROMORPHONE, LEVORPHANOL, MEPERIDINE, METHADONE,
MORPHINE, NALBUPHINE, OXYCODONE, OXYMORPHONE, PENTAZOCINE, PROPOXYPHENE
AS WELL AS THEIR BRAND NAMES, ISOMERS AND COMBINATIONS.
45. "OPIOID ANTAGONIST" MEANS AN FDA-APPROVED DRUG THAT, WHEN ADMINIS-
TERED, NEGATES OR NEUTRALIZES IN WHOLE OR IN PART THE PHARMACOLOGICAL
EFFECTS OF AN OPIOID IN THE BODY. THE OPIOID ANTAGONIST IS LIMITED TO
NALOXONE OR OTHER MEDICATIONS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS
PURPOSE.
§ 2. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. (A) WITH THE FIRST OPIOID ANALGESIC OF EACH YEAR, THE PRESCRIBER
SHALL PRESCRIBE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST WHEN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING RISK
FACTORS ARE PRESENT: A HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER; HIGH DOSE OR
CUMULATIVE PRESCRIPTIONS THAT RESULT IN OVER FIFTY MORPHINE MILLIGRAM
EQUIVALENTS PER DAY; CONCURRENT USE OF OPIOIDS AND BENZODIAZEPINE OR
NONBENZODIAZEPINE SEDATIVE HYPNOTICS.
(B) A PRESCRIBER WHO FAILS TO PRESCRIBE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST, AS
REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE
LICENSING BOARD SOLELY FOR THE IMPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS
DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH BOARD. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT CREATE A
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Steven Otis
Steven Cymbrowitz
Jeffrion Aubry
multi-Sponsors
David McDonough
2019-A5603A - Details
2019-A5603A - Summary
Provides that with the first opioid prescription of each year for use in a setting other than a general hospital or nursing home under article twenty-eight of this chapter or facility under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law, or when a practitioner is prescribing a controlled substance to a patient under the care of hospice, the prescriber shall prescribe an opioid antagonist when any of the following risk factors are present: a history of substance abuse disorder; high dose or cumulative prescriptions that result in over 50 morphine milligram equivalents per day; concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepine or nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics.
2019-A5603A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5603--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 13, 2019
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, DINOWITZ, OTIS, CYMBROWITZ -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prescribing an
opioid antagonist with a patient's first opioid prescription in a
given year
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. WITH THE FIRST PRESCRIPTION TO A PARTICULAR PATIENT OF AN OPIOID OF
EACH YEAR FOR USE IN A SETTING OTHER THAN A GENERAL HOSPITAL OR NURSING
HOME UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER OR FACILITY UNDER ARTI-
CLE THIRTY-ONE OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, THE PRESCRIBER SHALL PRESCRIBE
AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST WHEN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING RISK FACTORS ARE PRESENT:
(A) A HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER; (B) HIGH DOSE OR CUMULATIVE
PRESCRIPTIONS THAT RESULT IN OVER FIFTY MORPHINE MILLIGRAM EQUIVALENTS
PER DAY; (C) CONCURRENT USE OF OPIOIDS AND BENZODIAZEPINE OR NONBENZO-
DIAZEPINE SEDATIVE HYPNOTICS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed by the commissioner of health on or before such effective
date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01771-07-9
co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Steven Otis
Steven Cymbrowitz
Jeffrion Aubry
multi-Sponsors
David McDonough
2019-A5603B (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A5603B (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that with the first opioid prescription of each year for use in a setting other than a general hospital or nursing home under article twenty-eight of this chapter or facility under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law, or when a practitioner is prescribing a controlled substance to a patient under the care of hospice, the prescriber shall prescribe an opioid antagonist when any of the following risk factors are present: a history of substance abuse disorder; high dose or cumulative prescriptions that result in over 50 morphine milligram equivalents per day; concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepine or nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics.
2019-A5603B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5603--B
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 13, 2019
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, DINOWITZ, OTIS, CYMBROWITZ, AUBRY,
RAIA, JAFFEE, L. ROSENTHAL, FERNANDEZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prescribing an
opioid antagonist with a patient's first opioid prescription in a
given year
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. WITH THE FIRST PRESCRIPTION TO A PARTICULAR PATIENT OF AN OPIOID OF
EACH YEAR FOR USE IN A SETTING OTHER THAN A GENERAL HOSPITAL OR NURSING
HOME UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER OR FACILITY UNDER ARTI-
CLE THIRTY-ONE OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, OR WHEN A PRACTITIONER IS
PRESCRIBING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A PATIENT UNDER THE CARE OF
HOSPICE AS DEFINED BY SECTION FOUR THOUSAND TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, THE
PRESCRIBER SHALL PRESCRIBE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST WHEN ANY OF THE FOLLOW-
ING RISK FACTORS ARE PRESENT: (A) A HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER;
(B) HIGH DOSE OR CUMULATIVE PRESCRIPTIONS THAT RESULT IN OVER FIFTY
MORPHINE MILLIGRAM EQUIVALENTS PER DAY; (C) CONCURRENT USE OF OPIOIDS
AND BENZODIAZEPINE OR NONBENZODIAZEPINE SEDATIVE HYPNOTICS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed by the commissioner of health on or before such effective
date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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