Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A2665

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Permits specialist assistants to prescribe controlled substances as a practitioner

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2025-A2665 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3712, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3153

2025-A2665 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits specialist assistants to prescribe controlled substances as a practitioner.

2025-A2665 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2665
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in relation to permitting
   specialist assistants to prescribe controlled substances as a  practi-
   tioner
 
   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
 3712 to read as follows:
   §  3712.  PRESCRIPTIONS  FOR  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCES.    A  REGISTERED
 SPECIALIST ASSISTANT, IN GOOD FAITH AND ACTING WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL SCOPE
 OF PRACTICE, AND TO THE EXTENT ASSIGNED BY THEIR SUPERVISING  PHYSICIAN,
 MAY  PRESCRIBE  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCES  AS  A PRACTITIONER UNDER ARTICLE
 THIRTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, TO PATIENTS UNDER THE CARE OF SUCH  PHYSI-
 CIAN  RESPONSIBLE  FOR THEIR SUPERVISION. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTA-
 TION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, MAY PROMULGATE SUCH REGULATIONS
 AS ARE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05456-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.