Assembly Bill A336

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to prescribing an opioid antagonist with a patient's first opioid prescription each year

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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-A336 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2966
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3309, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A5603, S5150

2021-A336 - Summary

Provides that with the first opioid prescription of each year for use in a setting other than a general hospital or nursing home under article twenty-eight of this chapter or facility under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law, or when a practitioner is prescribing a controlled substance to a patient under the care of hospice, the prescriber shall prescribe an opioid antagonist when any of the following risk factors are present: a history of substance abuse disorder; high dose or cumulative prescriptions that result in 90 morphine milligram equivalents or higher per day; concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepine or nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics.

2021-A336 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    336
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRAUNSTEIN, DINOWITZ, OTIS, CYMBROWITZ, AUBRY,
   L. ROSENTHAL, FERNANDEZ, STERN, HEVESI, HUNTER, JOYNER,  PERRY,  RAMOS
   --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  prescribing  an
   opioid  antagonist  with  a  patient's  first opioid prescription in a
   given year
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. WITH THE FIRST PRESCRIPTION TO A PARTICULAR PATIENT OF AN OPIOID OF
 EACH YEAR FOR USE IN A SETTING OTHER THAN A GENERAL HOSPITAL OR  NURSING
 HOME  UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER OR FACILITY UNDER ARTI-
 CLE THIRTY-ONE OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW,  OR  WHEN  A  PRACTITIONER  IS
 PRESCRIBING  A  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  TO  A  PATIENT  UNDER THE CARE OF
 HOSPICE AS DEFINED BY SECTION FOUR THOUSAND TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  THE
 PRESCRIBER  SHALL PRESCRIBE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST WHEN ANY OF THE FOLLOW-
 ING RISK FACTORS ARE PRESENT: (A) A HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER;
 (B)  HIGH  DOSE  OR  CUMULATIVE  PRESCRIPTIONS THAT RESULT IN OVER FIFTY
 MORPHINE MILLIGRAM EQUIVALENTS PER DAY; (C) CONCURRENT  USE  OF  OPIOIDS
 AND BENZODIAZEPINE OR NONBENZODIAZEPINE SEDATIVE HYPNOTICS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed  by  the  commissioner  of  health on or before such effective
 date.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03417-01-1

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2021-A336A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2966
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3309, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A5603, S5150

2021-A336A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that with the first opioid prescription of each year for use in a setting other than a general hospital or nursing home under article twenty-eight of this chapter or facility under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law, or when a practitioner is prescribing a controlled substance to a patient under the care of hospice, the prescriber shall prescribe an opioid antagonist when any of the following risk factors are present: a history of substance abuse disorder; high dose or cumulative prescriptions that result in 90 morphine milligram equivalents or higher per day; concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepine or nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics.

2021-A336A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  336--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRAUNSTEIN, DINOWITZ, OTIS, CYMBROWITZ, AUBRY,
   L. ROSENTHAL, FERNANDEZ, STERN, HEVESI, HUNTER, JOYNER, PERRY,  RAMOS,
   STECK, BARRON, McDONALD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH --
   read  once  and  referred  to  the Committee on Health -- reported and
   referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  prescribing  an
   opioid  antagonist  with  a  patient's  first opioid prescription in a
   given year
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. WITH THE FIRST PRESCRIPTION TO A PARTICULAR PATIENT OF AN OPIOID OF
 EACH YEAR FOR USE IN A SETTING OTHER THAN A GENERAL HOSPITAL OR  NURSING
 HOME  UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER OR FACILITY UNDER ARTI-
 CLE THIRTY-ONE OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW,  OR  WHEN  A  PRACTITIONER  IS
 PRESCRIBING  A  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  TO  A  PATIENT  UNDER THE CARE OF
 HOSPICE AS DEFINED BY SECTION FOUR THOUSAND TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  THE
 PRESCRIBER  SHALL PRESCRIBE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST WHEN ANY OF THE FOLLOW-
 ING RISK FACTORS ARE PRESENT: (A) A HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER;
 (B) HIGH DOSE OR CUMULATIVE PRESCRIPTIONS THAT RESULT IN NINETY MORPHINE
 MILLIGRAM  EQUIVALENTS  OR HIGHER PER DAY; (C) CONCURRENT USE OF OPIOIDS
 AND BENZODIAZEPINE OR NONBENZODIAZEPINE SEDATIVE HYPNOTICS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed by the commissioner of health  on  or  before  such  effective
 date.

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