Assembly Bill A4495

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires a doctor to obtain the informed consent of patients prior to prescribing psychiatric drugs notifying the patient of possible adverse effects of the drug

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2019-A4495 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3346, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6759
2013-2014: A4684
2015-2016: A2214
2017-2018: A2217
2021-2022: A5179
2023-2024: A2646

2019-A4495 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a doctor to obtain the informed consent of patients prior to prescribing psychiatric drugs notifying the patients of possible adverse effects of the drug.

2019-A4495 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4495
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDO-
   NOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring notifi-
   cation and the informed consent of the patient  prior  to  prescribing
   psychiatric drugs

   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
 3346 to read as follows:
   §  3346.  PSYCHIATRIC DRUG INFORMED CONSENT. NO DOCTOR SHALL PRESCRIBE
 AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC, ANTIDEPRESSANT, HALLUCINOGEN, OR MOOD STABILIZER DRUG,
 BRAND OR GENERIC, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS
 ARTICLE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS OR CONDITIONS  WITH-
 OUT  THE  PRIOR  NOTIFICATION  AND  THE  SIGNED  INFORMED CONSENT OF THE
 PATIENT INFORMING THE PATIENT OF ANY POSSIBLE  ADVERSE  EFFECTS  OF  THE
 DRUG AND THE INTERACTION WITH OTHER MEDICATIONS THE PATIENT IS CURRENTLY
 PRESCRIBED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08263-01-9

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