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May 01, 2012 |
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Senate Bill S7193
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance 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
co-Sponsors
(R) Senate District
2011-S7193 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S7193 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7193 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law and the education law, in relation to pharmaceuticals with an aesthetic or cosmetic use or purpose PURPOSE: To give to consumers of aesthetic pharmaceuticals the option of having a particular prescription dispensed from a pharmacy or the office of the prescribing physician, and to monitor the effect of the sale of unregulated non-pharmaceutical cosmetic formulas on liability insurance rates. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends the insurance law in relation to reviewing the effect on liability insurance rates caused by the sale of certain non-regulated cosmetic products that replicate the effects of cosmetic pharmaceuticals. Section two amends section 6802 of the education law to provide a definition of an aesthetic pharmaceutical for purposes of the act. Section three amends subdivision 2 of section 6807 of the education law to allow physicians to dispense a certain aesthetic pharmaceutical in excess of the seventy-two hour supply limit generally imposed on by subdivision 2 of Section 6807. Section four
2011-S7193 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7193 I N S E N A T E May 1, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the education law, in relation to pharmaceuticals with an aesthetic or cosmetic use or purpose THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2341 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows: (C) OTHER MATTERS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY SUBMIT TO THE COUNCILS FOR CONSIDERATION INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE EXTENT TO WHICH LIABILITY INSURANCE RATES ARE AFFECTED BY NON-PRESCRIPTION AESTHETIC COMPOUNDS DEVELOPED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION THAT ARE SOLD AS AN OVER-THE-COUNTER SUBSTITUTE FOR AN AESTHETIC PHARMACEUTICAL AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY- FOUR OF SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW. S 2. Section 6802 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows: 24. "AESTHETIC PHARMACEUTICAL" MEANS: A. BIMATOPROST; B. EFLORNITHINE; C. FINASTERIDE; D. FLUOCINOLONE; E. HYDROQUINONE; F. TRETINOIN; G. MINOXIDIL; H. TAZAROTENE; OR I. A DRUG THAT: (1) IS NOT A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; (2) REQUIRES A PRESCRIPTION FOR DISPENSATION; (3) HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; AND (4) IS PRESCRIBED FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S APPEARANCE. S 3. Subparagraph 9 of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 6807 of the education law, as amended by chapter 538 of the laws of 2001, is amended and a new subparagraph 10 is added to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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