Assembly Bill A3575

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires notification by a prescriber or pharmacist of the substitution of one generic drug product for another generic drug product

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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-A3575 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6810, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4605
2017-2018: A3669
2019-2020: A5143

2021-A3575 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires notification by a prescriber or pharmacist of the substitution of one generic drug product for another generic drug product; oral and written notification.

2021-A3575 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3575
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  notification  of  the
   substitution of one generic drug product for another generic drug
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section  6810  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
   (B-1) THE PRESCRIBER OR PHARMACIST SHALL INFORM THE PATIENT WHETHER HE
 OR  SHE  HAS  PRESCRIBED OR SUBSTITUTED A DIFFERENT GENERIC DRUG PRODUCT
 FROM THE GENERIC DRUG  PRODUCT  THE  PATIENT  HAS  PREVIOUSLY  RECEIVED.
 NOTIFICATION  REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE PROVIDED BOTH
 WRITTEN AND ORALLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07031-01-1

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