Assembly Bill A2646

2023-2024 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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Current 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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2023-A2646 (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
2019-2020: A4495
2021-2022: A5179

2023-A2646 (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.

2023-A2646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2646
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLUMENCRANZ -- 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.
                                                            LBD06905-01-3

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