Assembly Bill A5995

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A5995 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3297
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6527, 6909 & 6801, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9013, S7704
2021-2022: A2198, S728

2023-A5995 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis.

2023-A5995 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5995
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  authorizing  pharma-
   cists to dispense HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7-a of section 6527 of the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 502 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   7-a.  A  licensed physician may prescribe and order a patient specific
 order or non-patient specific order to a licensed  pharmacist,  pursuant
 to  regulations promulgated by the commissioner in consultation with the
 commissioner of health, and consistent with the public health  law,  for
 dispensing  up  to a seven day starter pack of HIV post-exposure prophy-
 laxis  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  human  immunodeficiency  virus
 infection following a potential human immunodeficiency virus exposure. A
 LICENSED  PHYSICIAN  MAY  ALSO PRESCRIBE AND ORDER A PATIENT SPECIFIC OR
 NON-PATIENT SPECIFIC ORDER TO A LICENSED PHARMACIST, PURSUANT  TO  REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF HEALTH, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND SECTION
 SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE, FOR HIV PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS,
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE HIV PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AUTHOR-
 IZED TO BE DISPENSED BY A LICENSED PHARMACIST SHALL PROVIDE FOR AT LEAST
 A THIRTY-DAY, BUT NO MORE THAN A SIXTY-DAY, SUPPLY OF SUCH PROPHYLAXIS.
   § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 6909 of the education law, as  added  by
 chapter 502 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   [8.]  11.  A  certified  nurse  practitioner may prescribe and order a
 patient specific order or non-patient specific order to a licensed phar-
 macist, pursuant to  regulations  promulgated  by  the  commissioner  in
 consultation  with  the  commissioner of health, and consistent with the
 public health law, for dispensing up to a seven day starter pack of  HIV
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01383-02-3
              

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