Senate Bill S5867B

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to consideration and prescription of non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions

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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-S5867 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8256
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3331, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4640, A273

2019-S5867 - Summary

Requires a practitioner to consider and prescribe non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.

2019-S5867 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5867 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5867
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. RIVERA, HARCKHAM -- 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 treatment alterna-
   tives for pain causing conditions
 
   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 9 to read as follows:
   9. (A) WHEN A PATIENT SEEKS  TREATMENT  FOR  ANY  NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL
 CONDITION  THAT  CAUSES PAIN, A PRACTITIONER SHALL REFER, DISCUSS AND/OR
 PRESCRIBE ANY OF THE  FOLLOWING  NONPHARMACOLOGICAL  TREATMENT  ALTERNA-
 TIVES,  BASED  ON  THE  PRACTITIONER'S  CLINICAL  JUDGMENT AND FOLLOWING
 GENERALLY ACCEPTED NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL OR TREATMENT GUIDELINES, BEFORE
 STARTING A PATIENT ON  AN  OPIOID:  ACUPUNCTURE,  CHIROPRACTIC,  MASSAGE
 THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY OR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.
   (B)  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  THE  USE OF OPIOIDS FOR
 PATIENTS BEING TREATED UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES:  TREAT-
 MENT  OF  CANCER;  HOSPICE  CARE;  MEDICAL TREATMENT IN A LONG-TERM CARE
 FACILITY; POST-SURGERY TREATMENT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A SURGICAL PROCE-
 DURE; OR IN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY SITUATION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE,
 A "MEDICAL EMERGENCY SITUATION" SHALL MEAN AN ACUTE  INJURY  OR  ILLNESS
 THAT POSES AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO A PERSON'S LIFE OR LONG-TERM HEALTH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11730-01-9



              

co-Sponsors

2019-S5867A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8256
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3331, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4640, A273

2019-S5867A - Summary

Requires a practitioner to consider and prescribe non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.

2019-S5867A - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5867A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5867--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. RIVERA, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to consideration and
   prescription of non-opioid treatment  alternatives  for  treatment  of
   neuromusculoskeletal conditions
 
   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 9 to read as follows:
   9.  (A)  WHEN  A  PATIENT SEEKS TREATMENT FOR ANY NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL
 CONDITION THAT CAUSES PAIN, A PRACTITIONER SHALL CONSIDER, DISCUSS  WITH
 THE  PATIENT,  AND, AS APPROPRIATE, REFER OR PRESCRIBE NON-OPIOID TREAT-
 MENT ALTERNATIVES, BASED ON THE  PRACTITIONER'S  CLINICAL  JUDGMENT  AND
 FOLLOWING  GENERALLY  ACCEPTED NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL OR TREATMENT GUIDE-
 LINES, AND CONSISTENT WITH PATIENT PREFERENCE AND CONSENT, BEFORE START-
 ING A PATIENT ON OPIOID TREATMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 NON-OPIOID TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES  INCLUDE,  BUT  ARE  NOT  LIMITED  TO:
 ACUPUNCTURE,  CHIROPRACTIC,  MASSAGE  THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPA-
 TIONAL THERAPY, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL  THERAPY,  NON-OPIOID  MEDICATIONS,
 AND  NON-CLINICAL  ACTIVITIES  SUCH  AS EXERCISE. THE PRACTITIONER SHALL
 INFORM THE PATIENT THAT SOME  TREATMENTS  MAY  NOT  BE  COVERED  BY  THE
 PATIENT'S HEALTH COVERAGE.
   (B)  THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY FOR PATIENTS
 BEING TREATED UNDER ANY OF THE  FOLLOWING  CIRCUMSTANCES:  TREATMENT  OF
 CANCER;  HOSPICE OR OTHER END-OF-LIFE CARE; POST-SURGERY TREATMENT IMME-
 DIATELY FOLLOWING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE; OR IN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.   FOR
 PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "MEDICAL EMERGENCY" MEANS AN ACUTE INJURY
 OR ILLNESS THAT POSES AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO A PERSON'S LIFE OR HEALTH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2019-S5867B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8256
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3331, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4640, A273

2019-S5867B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a practitioner to consider and prescribe non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.

2019-S5867B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5867B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5867--B
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. RIVERA, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted  to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to consideration  and
   prescription  of  non-opioid  treatment  alternatives for treatment of
   neuromusculoskeletal conditions
 
   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 9 to read as follows:
   9. (A) WHEN A PATIENT SEEKS  TREATMENT  FOR  ANY  NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL
 CONDITION  THAT  CAUSES  PAIN,  WHERE A PRACTITIONER CONSIDERS AN OPIOID
 TREATMENT, THE PRACTITIONER SHALL CONSIDER, DISCUSS  WITH  THE  PATIENT,
 AND,  AS  APPROPRIATE,  REFER OR PRESCRIBE NON-OPIOID TREATMENT ALTERNA-
 TIVES, BASED ON  THE  PRACTITIONER'S  CLINICAL  JUDGMENT  AND  FOLLOWING
 GENERALLY  ACCEPTED  NATIONAL  PROFESSIONAL OR TREATMENT GUIDELINES, AND
 CONSISTENT WITH  PATIENT  PREFERENCE  AND  CONSENT,  BEFORE  STARTING  A
 PATIENT  ON OPIOID TREATMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, NON-
 OPIOID TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:  ACUPUNC-
 TURE, CHIROPRACTIC,  MASSAGE  THERAPY,  PHYSICAL  THERAPY,  OCCUPATIONAL
 THERAPY, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, NON-OPIOID MEDICATIONS, INTERVEN-
 TIONAL  TREATMENTS  AND  NON-CLINICAL  ACTIVITIES  SUCH AS EXERCISE. THE
 PRACTITIONER SHALL INFORM THE PATIENT THAT SOME TREATMENTS  MAY  NOT  BE
 COVERED BY THE PATIENT'S HEALTH COVERAGE.
   (B)  THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY FOR PATIENTS
 BEING TREATED UNDER ANY OF THE  FOLLOWING  CIRCUMSTANCES:  TREATMENT  OF
 CANCER;  HOSPICE OR OTHER END-OF-LIFE CARE; POST-SURGERY TREATMENT IMME-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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