S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1133
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 13, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, FRIEND, JONES, LUPARDO, WALLACE,
SEAWRIGHT, SANTABARBARA, STECK, FAHY, BLANKENBUSH, MIKULIN -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to limiting the
initial prescription of a controlled substance for the alleviation of
acute pain to a seven-day supply for users twenty years of age or
older and to a three-day supply for users nineteen years of age or
younger
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 3331 of the
public health law, as added by section 1 of part C of chapter 71 of the
laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(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 of any
schedule II, III, or IV opioid to an ultimate user WHO IS TWENTY YEARS
OF AGE OR OLDER, OR MORE THAN A THREE-DAY SUPPLY OF ANY SCHEDULE II,
III, OR IV OPIOID TO AN ULTIMATE USER WHO IS NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE OR
YOUNGER upon the initial consultation or treatment of such user for
acute pain. Upon any subsequent consultations for the same pain, the
practitioner may issue, in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subdi-
vision, any appropriate renewal, refill, or new prescription for the
opioid or any other drug.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02569-01-3