Senate Bill S5635A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S5635 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8881
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6527, 6802, 6801 & 6909, Ed L; add §267-b, Pub Health L

2023-S5635 - Summary

Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use.

2023-S5635 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5635 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5635
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  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  authorizing  pharma-
   cists to administer injections for contraceptive use
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 6527 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 7-b to read as follows:
   7-B.  A  LICENSED PHYSICIAN MAY PRESCRIBE AND ORDER A PATIENT SPECIFIC
 ORDER OR A NON-PATIENT SPECIFIC ORDER TO A LICENSED PHARMACIST, PURSUANT
 TO REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, FOR
 THE ADMINISTRATION OF INJECTIONS  OF  A  HORMONE  OR  A  COMBINATION  OF
 HORMONES  THAT  IS  APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINIS-
 TRATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE.
   § 2. Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C. THE INJECTION OF A HORMONE OR A COMBINATION  OF  HORMONES  THAT  IS
 APPROVED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES  FOOD  AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE, 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  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 3. Section 6801 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  A  LICENSED  PHARMACIST  WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE MAY
 ADMINISTER INJECTABLE MEDICATIONS OF  A  HORMONE  OR  A  COMBINATION  OF
 HORMONES  THAT  IS  APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINIS-
 TRATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE, PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIX
 THOUSAND  EIGHT HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, AS PRESCRIBED OR ORDERED BY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10028-01-3
              

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2023-S5635A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8881
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6527, 6802, 6801 & 6909, Ed L; add §267-b, Pub Health L

2023-S5635A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use.

2023-S5635A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5635A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5635--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  WEBB,  ADDABBO,  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Higher
   Education  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Higher Education in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
   to authorizing pharmacists to administer injections for  contraceptive
   use
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 6527 of  the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 128 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   11. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a non-patient specif-
 ic  order to a pharmacist licensed and located in the state, pursuant to
 regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with section
 sixty-eight hundred one of this title, for dispensing  self-administered
 hormonal  contraceptives  OR ADMINISTERING A UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG
 ADMINISTRATION   APPROVED   REVERSIBLE   PROGESTIN-ONLY    CONTRACEPTIVE
 INJECTION as defined in section sixty-eight hundred two of this title.
   §  2.  Subdivision 9 of section 6801 of the education law, as added by
 chapter 128 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   9. a. A licensed pharmacist may execute a non-patient  specific  order
 for  the  dispensing  of  self-administered  hormonal  contraceptives OR
 ADMINISTER A UNITED  STATES  FOOD  AND  DRUG  ADMINISTRATION  REVERSIBLE
 PROGESTIN-ONLY  CONTRACEPTIVE  INJECTION  prescribed  or  ordered by the
 commissioner of health, a physician licensed in this state  or  a  nurse
 practitioner  certified  in this state pursuant to rules and regulations
 promulgated by the commissioner.
   b. Prior to dispensing self-administered  hormonal  contraceptives  OR
 ADMINISTERING  A UNITED STATES  FOOD  AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION REVERSIBLE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10028-06-4
              

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