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NY A09841
Bill
Status
4/11/2024
Primary Sponsor
Keith Brown
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AI Summary
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Requires prescribing practitioners to counsel patients and their family or caregivers about opioid addiction risks before prescribing opioids for pain treatment, with counseling repeated at each prescription renewal.
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Requires pharmacists to counsel patients and their family or caregivers about opioid addiction risks when dispensing initial opioid prescriptions and at each subsequent prescription renewal.
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Mandates counseling include information on risks of dependence, misuse, and overdose; pain management alternatives; side effects; treatment goals; appropriate opioid use; and naloxone use for overdose, plus any additional information specified by the health commissioner.
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Exempts patients receiving opioids for cancer treatment, hospice or end-of-life care, immediate post-surgery treatment, or acute medical emergencies from the counseling requirements.
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Takes effect 90 days after becoming law and applies to online dispensers and institutional dispensers of controlled substances.
Legislative Description
Requires practitioners to provide counselling to patients about the potential addictive properties of opioids prior to prescribing such medications; requires pharmacists to provide counselling to patients about the potential addictive properties of opioids at the time a prescription for opioids is filled.
Last Action
referred to health
4/11/2024