Assembly Actions -
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Jan 18, 2011 |
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Senate Bill S2286
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S2286 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง6810, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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2011-S2286 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that no prescription for a controlled substance shall be on a prescription form which authorizes any other drug or controlled substance; provides that the total number of drugs, which may not exceed three, included on a single prescription form shall be indicated in a box on such form; defines controlled substance.
2011-S2286 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2286 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to prescription forms PURPOSE: This bill authorizes more than one non-controlled substance drug to be recorded on a single prescription form as long as none are controlled substances. SUMMARY OF BILL: Section one authorizes more than one non-controlled substance drug to be recorded on a single prescription form; prohibits multiple prescriptions if one is for a controlled substance; and requires that the total number of prescriptions be recorded on the form. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Chapter 620 of the Laws of 1991 removed the authority to record more than one prescription on a single prescription form. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
2011-S2286 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2286 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- 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 prescription forms THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 6810 of the education law, as amended by chapter 519 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 7. (a) No prescription for a drug written in this state by a person authorized to issue such prescription shall be on a prescription form which authorizes the dispensing or compounding of any other drug OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DRUGS, WHICH MAY NOT EXCEED THREE, INCLUDED ON A SINGLE FORM MUST BE INDICATED IN A BOX ON EACH FORM. No [drug] CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE shall be dispensed by a pharmacist when such prescription form includes any other drug. (b) [With respect to drugs other than controlled substances, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to pharmacists employed by or providing services under contract to general hospitals, nursing homes, residential health care facilities as defined in section twenty- eight hundred one of the public health law, hospitals as defined in subdivision ten of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, or develop- mental centers or developmental disabilities services offices listed in subdivision (b) of section 13.17 of the mental hygiene law, who dispense drugs in the course of said employment or in the course of providing such services under contract. With respect to such pharmacists, each prescription shall be transcribed on a patient specific prescription form.] FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE" MEANS ANY SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULE I, II, III, IV OR V OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07141-01-1
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