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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to health |
Jan 26, 2021 | referred to health |
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A3405 (ACTIVE) - Details
A3405 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; requires that for the first opioid analgesic prescription of a calendar year the prescribing physician shall counsel the patient on the risks of overdose.
A3405 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3405 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; and in relation to opioid analgesic prescriptions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3309-b to read as follows: § 3309-B. PRACTITIONER AND PATIENT DISCUSSIONS; OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS. 1. PRIOR TO ISSUING THE INITIAL PRESCRIPTION OF A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN OR ANY OTHER OPIOID DRUG WHICH IS A PRESCRIPTION DRUG FOR ACUTE OR CHRONIC PAIN AND AGAIN PRIOR TO ISSUING THE THIRD PRESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE OF TREATMENT, A PRACTITIONER SHALL DISCUSS WITH THE PATIENT, OR THE PATIENT'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN IF THE PATIENT IS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND IS NOT AN EMANCIPATED MINOR, THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRUGS BEING PRESCRIBED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (A) THE RISKS OF ADDICTION AND OVERDOSE ASSOCIATED WITH OPIOID DRUGS AND THE DANGERS OF TAKING OPIOID DRUGS WITH ALCOHOL, BENZODIAZEPINES AND OTHER CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; (B) THE REASONS WHY THE PRESCRIPTION IS NECESSARY; (C) ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE; AND (D) THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THE DRUGS BEING PRESCRIBED, SPECIFICALLY THAT OPIOIDS ARE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, EVEN WHEN TAKEN AS PRESCRIBED, THAT THERE IS A RISK OF DEVELOPING A PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOG- ICAL DEPENDENCE ON THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND THAT THE RISKS OF TAKING MORE OPIOIDS THAN PRESCRIBED, OR MIXING SEDATIVES, BENZODIAZE- PINES OR ALCOHOL WITH OPIOIDS, CAN RESULT IN FATAL RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.