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Senate Bill S2591
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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, C, IP) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2011-S2591 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A364
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §270, add §276-c, Pub Health L; amd Part C §79, Chap 58 of 2005
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S4111, A5891
2013-2014: S2308, A1527
2015-2016: A1525
2017-2018: A924
2019-2020: A73
2021-2022: A1379
2011-S2591 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2591 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law and part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005, amending the public health law and other laws relating to implementing the state fiscal plan for the 2005-2006 fiscal year, in relation to prescription privacy PURPOSE: This bill prohibits the sale of physician identified prescription records when such records will be used to market prescription drugs to doctors and other medical personnel who write prescriptions. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Establishes the legislative findings and intent. Section 2: Amends Section 270 of the public health law by adding two new subdivisions defining the terms "individual identifying information" and "marketing." Section 3: Amends the public health law by adding a new section 276-b prohibiting the sale of physician identified prescription records
2011-S2591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2591 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 26, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005, amending the public health law and other laws relating to implementing the state fiscal plan for the 2005-2006 fiscal year, in relation to prescription privacy THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. Prescribing health care professionals should have a reasonable expectation that when they prescribe a medication for a patient, that decision will not be made available to an outside third party. However, disclosure of individual identifying information about patients and prescribers enables pharma- ceutical companies to track the prescribing practices of physicians to target them for marketing, including gifts and payments. This marketing can distort prescribing practices to increase health care costs and undermine patient safety. The National Institutes of Health has found that nearly one-third of the increase in prescription drug prices over the last decade was attributable to marketing-induced shifts in prescribing practices. Published evidence shows that prescribers are often encouraged by sales representatives to prescribe medications in a manner that has not been approved by the Federal Food and Drug Adminis- tration. Neither the state nor any other entity has the resources to effec- tively counter targeted marketing campaigns that exceed hundreds of millions of dollars. The legislature finds that this legislation is necessary to protect health care professionals and their patients from the abuses of targeted marketing that are made possible by the disclosure of individual identi- fying information. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01177-01-1
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