S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9530
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 10, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to
disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1517 of the not-for-profit corporation law, as
added by chapter 579 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
S 1517. Crematory operations.
Cemetery corporations that operate a crematory shall have the follow-
ing duties and obligations:
(a) Maintenance and privacy. (1) A crematory facility shall be main-
tained in a clean, orderly, and sanitary manner, with adequate venti-
lation and shall have a temporary storage area available to store the
remains of deceased human beings pending disposition by cremation, the
interior of which shall not be accessible to the general public.
(2) Entrances and windows of the crematory facility shall be main-
tained at all times to secure privacy, including (i) doors shall be
tightly closed and rigid; (ii) windows shall be covered; and (iii)
entrances shall be locked and secured when not actively attended by
authorized crematory personnel.
(b) Cremation process. (1) The cremation process shall be conducted in
privacy. No person except authorized persons shall be admitted into the
retort area, holding facility, or the temporary storage facility while
the remains of deceased human beings are being cremated. Authorized
persons, on admittance, shall comply with all rules of the crematory
corporation and not infringe upon the privacy of the remains of deceased
human beings.
(2) The following are authorized persons: (i) licensed, registered
funeral directors, registered residents, and enrolled students of mortu-
ary science; (ii) officers and trustees of the cemetery corporation;
(iii) authorized employees or their authorized agents of the cemetery
corporation; (iv) public officers acting in the discharge of their
duties; (v) authorized instructors of funeral directing schools; (vi)
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9529
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 10, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, McDONALD, SCHIMMINGER, CROUCH,
WALTER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CERETTO, MAGEE, SIMON,
THIELE, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to pharmacist immuniza-
tions; to amend chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, amending the educa-
tion law and the public health law relating to immunizing agents to be
administered to adults by pharmacists, in relation to making certain
provisions permanent; and to amend chapter 116 of the laws of 2012,
amending the education law relating to authorizing a licensed pharma-
cist and certified nurse practitioner to administer certain immunizing
agents, in relation to making certain provisions permanent
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
7. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a patient specific
order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist, pursuant
to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with the
public health law, for administering immunizations [to prevent influen-
za, pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, meningococcal, tetanus, diphthe-
ria or pertussis disease and medications required for emergency treat-
ment of anaphylaxis] AND VACCINES LISTED IN THE RECOMMENDED ADULT
IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
Nothing in this subdivision shall authorize unlicensed persons to admin-
ister immunizations, vaccines or other drugs.
S 2. Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law, as amended
by chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
22. "Administer", for the purpose of section sixty-eight hundred one
of this article, means the direct application of an immunizing agent to
adults, whether by injection, ingestion or any other means, pursuant to
a patient specific order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed or
ordered by a physician or certified nurse practitioner, [who has a prac-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9528
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 10, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing pharma-
cists to refill non-controlled substance prescriptions for quantities
of drugs not to exceed a ninety day supply, subject to certain condi-
tions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
section 6810 of the education law, as amended by chapter 413 of the laws
of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
A prescription may not be refilled unless it bears a contrary instruc-
tion and indicates on its face the number of times it may be refilled. A
prescription may not be refilled more times than allowed on the
prescription. The date of each refilling must be indicated on the
original prescription. Prescriptions for controlled substances shall be
refilled only pursuant to article thirty-three of the public health law.
A PHARMACIST MAY EXERCISE HIS OR HER PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT IN REFILLING
A PRESCRIPTION FOR A QUANTITY OF A DRUG GREATER THAN THE INITIAL QUANTI-
TY OF A DRUG PRESCRIBED BY THE PRESCRIBING PRACTITIONER PROVIDED THAT:
(I) SUCH REFILL IS MADE AFTER THE PATIENT'S INITIAL PRESCRIPTION IS
DISPENSED;
(II) SUCH REFILL DOES NOT EXCEED A NINETY DAY SUPPLY OF SUCH DRUG AND
DOES NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF SUCH DRUG AUTHORIZED BY THE PRES-
CRIBER;
(III) THE PRESCRIBER HAS NOT INDICATED THAT THE INITIAL QUANTITY OR
REFILL QUANTITY OF THE PRESCRIBED DRUG SHALL NOT BE CHANGED;
(IV) SUCH DRUG IS NOT A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE;
(V) THE PHARMACIST INFORMS THE PRESCRIBER OF SUCH REFILL AS SOON AS IS
REASONABLY POSSIBLE, BUT NO LATER THAN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER SUCH
REFILL IS MADE; AND
(VI) THE PATIENT'S HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY OR HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN, IF
ANY, WILL COVER THE REFILL QUANTITY DISPENSED, WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CO-IN-
SURANCE, DEDUCTIBLE OR OTHER OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE REQUIRED FROM SUCH
PATIENT.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9528--A
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 10, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMANOWITZ, WOERNER, CYMBROWITZ, BENEDETTO,
GALEF, DINOWITZ, RA, MONTESANO, HOOPER, DUPREY, STECK, MILLER, ABINAN-
TI, PALMESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, CERETTO, COOK,
CRESPO, GLICK, HEVESI, HYNDMAN, McLAUGHLIN, OAKS, SIMON, THIELE --
read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing pharma-
cists to refill non-controlled substance prescriptions for quantities
of drugs not to exceed a ninety day supply, subject to certain condi-
tions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
section 6810 of the education law, as amended by chapter 413 of the laws
of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
A prescription may not be refilled unless it bears a contrary instruc-
tion and indicates on its face the number of times it may be refilled. A
prescription may not be refilled more times than allowed on the
prescription. The date of each refilling must be indicated on the
original prescription. Prescriptions for controlled substances shall be
refilled only pursuant to article thirty-three of the public health law.
A PHARMACIST MAY EXERCISE HIS OR HER PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT IN REFILLING
A PRESCRIPTION FOR A QUANTITY OF A DRUG GREATER THAN THE INITIAL QUANTI-
TY OF A DRUG PRESCRIBED BY THE PRESCRIBING PRACTITIONER PROVIDED THAT:
(I) SUCH REFILL IS MADE AFTER THE PATIENT'S INITIAL PRESCRIPTION IS
DISPENSED;
(II) SUCH REFILL DOES NOT EXCEED A NINETY DAY SUPPLY OF SUCH DRUG AND
DOES NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF SUCH DRUG AUTHORIZED BY THE PRES-
CRIBER;
(III) THE PRESCRIBER HAS NOT INDICATED THAT THE INITIAL QUANTITY OR
REFILL QUANTITY OF THE PRESCRIBED DRUG SHALL NOT BE CHANGED;
(IV) SUCH DRUG IS NOT A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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