Senate Bill S5704

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Limits the off label use of antipsychotic drugs on elderly patients with dementia

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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-S5704 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3374
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §280-d, Pub Health L; amd §6530, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6462, A8212

2023-S5704 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the off label use of antipsychotic drugs with black box warnings on elderly patients with dementia; provides for professional misconduct for any health care professional who uses such drug on such patient.

2023-S5704 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5704 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5704
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 limiting  the  off
   label  use  of  antipsychotic drugs with black box warnings on elderly
   patients with dementia; and to amend the education law, in relation to
   professional medical misconduct
 
   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
 280-d to read as follows:
   § 280-D. USE OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS ON ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA.
 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "OFF  LABEL"  MEANS  A  MEDICAL  PRACTICE  IN  WHICH  A  PHYSICIAN
 PRESCRIBES A DRUG FOR A DIFFERENT MEDICAL PURPOSE THAN THE ONE FOR WHICH
 SUCH DRUG IS APPROVED FOR;
   (B) "BLACK BOX WARNING" MEANS A WARNING ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND
 DRUG  ADMINISTRATION  AND PLACED ON THE PACKAGE INSERT OF A PRESCRIPTION
 DRUG THAT MAY BE FATAL OR CAUSE SERVER SIDE EFFECTS;
   (C)  "CHEMICAL  RESTRAINT"  MEANS  WHEN  AN  ANTIPSYCHOTIC  DRUG  THAT
 PROVIDES  NO  MEDICAL  BENEFIT TO A PATIENT WITH DEMENTIA AND IS USED TO
 SEDATE SUCH PATIENT, CONTROL SUCH PATIENT'S BEHAVIOR  OR  RESTRICT  SUCH
 PATIENT'S MOVEMENT;
   (D)  "ANTIPSYCHOTIC  DRUG" MEANS ANY TYPICAL OR ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC
 DRUG THAT IS INTENDED TO BE USED ON PATIENTS WITH  MENTAL  ILLNESS  THAT
 REQUIRE  A BLACK BOX WARNING AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE
 FOLLOWING:
   (I) TYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS: HALOPERIDOL, LOXAPINE,  THIORIDAZINE,
 MOLINDONE,  THIOTHIXENE,  FLUPHENAZINE, TRIFLUOPERAZINE, CHLORPROMAZINE,
 PERPHENAZINE, OR PROMOZIDE; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04705-01-3
 S. 5704                             2
 
              

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