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NY A01317
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jo Simon
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AI Summary
- Allows practitioners to prescribe controlled substances exceeding the standard 30-day supply limit during emergencies that interfere with patients' ability to readily obtain prescription drugs from pharmacies
- Requires the extended prescription to be consistent with a written treatment plan following generally accepted national, professional, or governmental guidelines
- Mandates that the treatment plan be documented in the patient's medical record
- Grants the Commissioner of Health authority to issue regulations or orders governing these emergency prescriptions
Legislative Description
Relates to allowing prescriptions for controlled substances that are normally restricted to a thirty-day supply to be issued for greater than a thirty-day supply during a state of emergency.
Last Action
referred to health
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Health1/9/2025
Full Bill Text
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