Senate Bill S8364

                             
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                                   8364
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 5, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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.