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Feb 23, 2024 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S8633
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 17th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-S8633 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6810, Ed L
2023-S8633 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8633 SPONSOR: CHU TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to notification of the substitution of one generic drug product for another generic drug PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Requires a prescriber o pha farmcist to notify a patient if the generic drug has changed from aeciously used generic drug. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section. 1 establishes the requirement to notify a patient orally and writing if their generic drug has changed. Section 2 provides thatact shall take effect 90 days after enactment. JUSTIFICATION:
2023-S8633 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8633 I N S E N A T E February 23, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CHU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to notification of the substitution of one generic drug product for another generic drug THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 6810 of the education law is amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows: (B-1) THE PRESCRIBER OR PHARMACIST SHALL INFORM THE PATIENT WHETHER HE OR SHE HAS PRESCRIBED OR SUBSTITUTED A DIFFERENT GENERIC DRUG PRODUCT FROM THE GENERIC DRUG PRODUCT THE PATIENT HAS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED. NOTIFICATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE PROVIDED BOTH WRITTEN AND ORALLY. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14465-01-4
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