Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 07, 2020 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A11071
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JOYNER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2019-A11071 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A11071 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11071 I N A S S E M B L Y October 7, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Joyner) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the dispensing of glucagon THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 279-a to read as follows: § 279-A. DISPENSING OF GLUCAGON. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A PHARMACIST MAY DISPENSE ANY FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVED GLUCAGON MEDICATION TO AN INSULIN USING PERSON REGARDLESS IF THE PERSON CURRENTLY HAS OR PREVIOUSLY HAS HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR GLUCAGON. 1. (A) A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL MAY PRESCRIBE BY A PATIENT-SPECIFIC OR NON-PATIENT-SPECIFIC PRESCRIPTION, DISPENSE OR DISTRIBUTE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, AN ORDER OF GLUCAGON TO A GLUCAGON RECIPIENT; (B) A PHARMACIST MAY DISPENSE AN ORDER OF GLUCAGON, THROUGH A PATIENT-SPECIFIC OR NON-PATIENT-SPECIFIC PRESCRIPTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, TO A GLUCAGON RECIPIENT; (C) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO REQUIRE A PRESCRIPTION FOR ANY ORDER OF GLUCAGON THAT DOES NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRE A PRESCRIPTION; NOR SHALL IT BE DEEMED TO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY OF A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TO PRESCRIBE, DISPENSE OR DISTRIBUTE, OR OF A PHARMA- CIST TO DISPENSE, AN ORDER OF GLUCAGON UNDER ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, PROVIDED THAT: (I) ANY DISPENSING OF GLUCAGON UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE DONE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PHYSICIAN-APPROVED PROTOCOL AND SHALL SPECIFY THE MINIMUM REQUIRED COMPONENTS OF ANY SUCH PROTOCOL; (II) THE PERSON TO WHOM GLUCAGON IS DISPENSED SHALL BE EDUCATED BY THE PHARMACIST AS TO THE MECHANISM AND CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF GLUCAGON; AND (III) A RECORD OF THE DISPENSING OF GLUCAGON SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN AND TO THE PHYSICIAN SIGNING A PROTOCOL UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, IF REQUIRED BY THE PHYSICIAN OR PHYSICIANS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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