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                                         3806
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Health
       AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing pharma-
         cies  access  to  New  York's  prescription  drug  monitoring  program
         resources
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3371 of the public health  law  is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
    3    (F) TO A PHARMACY TO INFORM THE PHARMACY THAT A PERSON WHO PRESENTS OR
    4  HAS  PRESENTED  A  PRESCRIPTION FOR ONE OR MORE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AT
    5  THE PHARMACY MAY HAVE ALSO OBTAINED ONE OR MORE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AT
    6  ANOTHER PHARMACY WHERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATE A POSSIBILITY OF  DRUG
    7  ABUSE  OR  DIVERSION,  POTENTIAL  HARM TO THE PERSON, OR SIMILAR GROUNDS
    8  UNDER REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08603-01-1