Assembly Bill A3221

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Limits the initial prescription of a controlled substance for the alleviation of acute pain

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  • 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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2021-A3221 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3331, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7741
2019-2020: A3820
2023-2024: A1133

2021-A3221 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the initial prescription of a controlled substance for the alleviation of acute pain to a seven-day supply for users twenty years of age or older and to a three-day supply for users nineteen years of age or younger.

2021-A3221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3221
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONALD,  MONTESANO, FRIEND, JONES, BARRON,
   LUPARDO, WALLACE, SEAWRIGHT, SANTABARBARA, STECK, GALEF, FAHY, CAHILL,
   BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  limiting  the
   initial  prescription of a controlled substance for the alleviation of
   acute pain to a seven-day supply for users  twenty  years  of  age  or
   older  and  to  a  three-day supply for users nineteen years of age or
   younger
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  5 of section 3331 of the
 public health law, as added by section 1 of part C of chapter 71 of  the
 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 sion, a practitioner, within the scope of his or her professional  opin-
 ion or discretion, may not prescribe more than a seven-day supply of any
 schedule  II,  III, or IV opioid to an ultimate user WHO IS TWENTY YEARS
 OF AGE OR OLDER, OR MORE THAN A THREE-DAY SUPPLY  OF  ANY  SCHEDULE  II,
 III,  OR  IV  OPIOID TO AN ULTIMATE USER WHO IS NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE OR
 YOUNGER upon the initial consultation or  treatment  of  such  user  for
 acute  pain.  Upon  any  subsequent consultations for the same pain, the
 practitioner may issue, in accordance with paragraph (a) of this  subdi-
 vision,  any  appropriate  renewal,  refill, or new prescription for the
 opioid or any other drug.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01847-01-1

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