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NY A00825
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/11/2023
Primary Sponsor
Latoya Joyner
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AI Summary
- Pharmacists may dispense FDA-approved glucagon to insulin-using persons without requiring a prior glucagon prescription
- Health care professionals may prescribe glucagon through patient-specific or non-patient-specific prescriptions, and pharmacists may dispense these orders
- All glucagon dispensing must follow a physician-approved protocol and include patient education on glucagon mechanism and administration
- Dispensing records must be made available to the patient's physician and the protocol-signing physician upon request
- Reimbursement responsibility falls on the person obtaining glucagon according to their health insurance, with pharmacists counseling uninsured persons on available assistance programs
- The act takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Relates to the dispensing of glucagon; authorizes a pharmacist to dispense any Food and Drug Administration approved glucagon medication to an insulin using person regardless if the person currently has or previously has had a prescription for glucagon.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
1/10/2024
Committee Referrals
Higher Education1/11/2023
Full Bill Text
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