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                                   8664
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the administration of
   reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  22  of  section 6802 of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C. THE ADMINISTRATION OF  A  REVERSIBLE  PROGESTIN-ONLY  CONTRACEPTIVE
 INJECTION  APPROVED  BY  THE  U.S.  FOOD  AND  DRUG  ADMINISTRATION,  AS
 PRESCRIBED OR ORDERED BY A LICENSED PRESCRIBER, ACTING WITHIN THE  SCOPE
 OF  THEIR  PRACTICE  IN  THIS  STATE  AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, PROVIDED THAT:
   (1) SUCH ADMINISTRATION IS CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO A VALID  PATIENT-SPE-
 CIFIC PRESCRIPTION OR PATIENT-SPECIFIC ORDER.
   (2)  THE  PHARMACIST  SHALL  NOTIFY  THE  LICENSED PRESCRIBER THAT THE
 ADMINISTRATION IS COMPLETE WITHIN FIVE DAYS AND SHALL CONVEY SUCH INFOR-
 MATION TO THE PRESCRIBER BY MAKING AN ENTRY INTO AN INTEROPERABLE  ELEC-
 TRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM, AN ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING TECHNOLOGY OR A
 PHARMACY RECORD, OR BY USING FACSIMILE, ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OR OTHER
 ELECTRONIC MEANS.  IF AN ELECTRONIC MEANS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH
 IS  NOT  AVAILABLE  TO  THE PHARMACIST AT THE TIME OF COMMUNICATION, THE
 PHARMACIST OR PHARMACIST'S DESIGNEE MAY COMMUNICATE THE  INFORMATION  BY
 TELEPHONE.    NOTIFICATION  SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED IF A PATIENT DOES NOT
 RECEIVE AN ADMINISTRATION OR IF THE PATIENT EXPERIENCES ANY SIDE EFFECTS
 OR ADVERSE REACTIONS TO THE MEDICATIONS. ADMINISTRATION  IN  A  PHARMACY
 SHALL  NOT  COMMENCE  UNTIL  AFTER  THE PATIENT HAS RECEIVED THE INITIAL
 INJECTION AND IS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE  TREATMENT  BY  THE
 LICENSED PRESCRIBER.
   (3)  SUCH  PRESCRIPTION  MAY BE SUBJECT TO REASSESSMENT AT APPROPRIATE
 INTERVALS, AS DETERMINED BY THE LICENSED PRESCRIBER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (4) WHEN ADMINISTERING AN INJECTION  IN  A  PHARMACY,  THE  PHARMACIST
 SHALL  PROVIDE AN AREA FOR THE INJECTION THAT PROVIDES FOR THE PATIENT'S
 PRIVACY.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 6801 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter  746 of the laws of 2023, is amended and a new subdivision 10 is
 added to read as follows:
   3. No pharmacist shall administer immunizing agents  [or],  injectable
 medications  for the treatment of mental health and substance use disor-
 der, OR  REVERSIBLE  PROGESTIN-ONLY  CONTRACEPTIVE  INJECTIONS,  without
 receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner and the commissioner
 of  health  which  shall  include, but not be limited to, techniques for
 screening individuals and  obtaining  informed  consent;  techniques  of
 administration;  indications,  precautions  and contraindications in the
 use of agent or agents; record keeping of immunization and  information;
 and handling emergencies, including anaphylaxis and needlesticks.
   10.  A LICENSED PHARMACIST, WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE, WHO
 HOLDS A CERTIFICATE OF ADMINISTRATION  ISSUED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  MAY
 ADMINISTER  REVERSIBLE PROGESTIN-ONLY CONTRACEPTIVE INJECTIONS AND MEDI-
 CATIONS REQUIRED FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT OF ANAPHYLAXIS RELATED TO  SUCH
 ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE,  AS  PRESCRIBED  OR  ORDERED BY A LICENSED PRESCRIBER ACTING WITHIN
 THEIR SCOPE OF PRACTICE IN THIS STATE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 3. 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.