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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Senate Bill S3521
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 34th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 57th Senate District
2023-S3521 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S3521 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; requires that for the first opioid analgesic prescription of a calendar year the prescribing physician shall counsel the patient on the risks of overdose.
2023-S3521 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3521 SPONSOR: FERNANDEZ TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; and in relation to opioid analgesic prescriptions PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Amends the public health law to better protect the health and safety of patients undergoing opioid or related schedule II controlled substance prescription dosage for treatment as well as inform patients of the side-effects that may result from such use. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the public health law by adding a new section3309-b. Section 2 amends the public health law by adding a new section3309-c.
2023-S3521 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3521 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 31, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; and in relation to opioid analgesic prescriptions 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 3309-b to read as follows: § 3309-B. PRACTITIONER AND PATIENT DISCUSSIONS; OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS. 1. PRIOR TO ISSUING THE INITIAL PRESCRIPTION OF A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN OR ANY OTHER OPIOID DRUG WHICH IS A PRESCRIPTION DRUG FOR ACUTE OR CHRONIC PAIN AND AGAIN PRIOR TO ISSUING THE THIRD PRESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE OF TREATMENT, A PRACTITIONER SHALL DISCUSS WITH THE PATIENT, OR THE PATIENT'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN IF THE PATIENT IS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND IS NOT AN EMANCIPATED MINOR, THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRUGS BEING PRESCRIBED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (A) THE RISKS OF ADDICTION AND OVERDOSE ASSOCIATED WITH OPIOID DRUGS AND THE DANGERS OF TAKING OPIOID DRUGS WITH ALCOHOL, BENZODIAZEPINES AND OTHER CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; (B) THE REASONS WHY THE PRESCRIPTION IS NECESSARY; (C) ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE; AND (D) THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THE DRUGS BEING PRESCRIBED, SPECIFICALLY THAT OPIOIDS ARE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, EVEN WHEN TAKEN AS PRESCRIBED, THAT THERE IS A RISK OF DEVELOPING A PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOG- ICAL DEPENDENCE ON THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND THAT THE RISKS OF TAKING MORE OPIOIDS THAN PRESCRIBED, OR MIXING SEDATIVES, BENZODIAZE- PINES OR ALCOHOL WITH OPIOIDS, CAN RESULT IN FATAL RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01235-01-3
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