Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 12, 2016 |
committed to higher education |
Jan 06, 2016 |
ordered to third reading cal.174 returned to assembly died in senate |
Mar 30, 2015 |
referred to higher education delivered to senate passed assembly |
Mar 27, 2015 |
advanced to third reading cal.144 |
Mar 24, 2015 |
reported |
Mar 04, 2015 |
print number 4278a |
Mar 04, 2015 |
amend and recommit to higher education |
Jan 30, 2015 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A4278A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MCDONALD
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Bill Amendments
2015-A4278 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2661
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6810, Ed L
2015-A4278 - Summary
Authorizes out of state businesses engaged in the sale of prescriptions and registered with the education department, to deliver prescriptions to users off the premises of such businesses; provides that patient consent to off premises delivery of prescriptions shall be obtained in the same manner as provided under the federal Medicare Part D program.
2015-A4278 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4278 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to delivery of prescriptions off premises of a pharmacy THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The second undesignated paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 6810 of the education law, as added by chapter 413 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: A pharmacy registered with the department pursuant to section sixty- eight hundred eight OR SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT-B of this article may not deliver a new or refilled prescription off premises without the consent of the patient or an individual authorized to consent on the patient's behalf. Consent shall include one of the following: (1) the patient or authorized individual's signature of acceptance of each prescription delivered; (2) the pharmacy may contact the patient or other authorized individ- ual for consent to deliver and must document consent in the patient record; or (3) for pharmacies that administer refill reminder or medication adherence programs and deliver off premises, if a signature is not received on each prescription, then the refill reminder program or medi- cation adherence program shall be an OPT-IN program that is updated with patient consent every one hundred eighty days accompanied by a docu- mented patient record review by a licensed pharmacist from the providing pharmacy and the patient before continuation of medication delivery can occur. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after October 21, 2014. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08512-01-5
2015-A4278A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2661
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6810, Ed L
2015-A4278A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes out of state businesses engaged in the sale of prescriptions and registered with the education department, to deliver prescriptions to users off the premises of such businesses; provides that patient consent to off premises delivery of prescriptions shall be obtained in the same manner as provided under the federal Medicare Part D program.
2015-A4278A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4278--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to delivery of prescriptions off premises of a pharmacy THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The second undesignated paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 6810 of the education law, as added by chapter 413 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: A pharmacy registered with the department pursuant to section sixty- eight hundred eight OR SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT-B of this article may not deliver a new or refilled prescription off premises without the consent of the patient or an individual authorized to consent on the patient's behalf. [Consent shall include one of the following: (1) the patient or authorized individual's signature of acceptance of each prescription delivered; (2) the pharmacy may contact the patient or other authorized individ- ual for consent to deliver and must document consent in the patient record; or (3) for pharmacies that administer refill reminder or medication adherence programs and deliver off premises, if a signature is not received on each prescription, then the refill reminder program or medi- cation adherence program shall be an OPT-IN program that is updated with patient consent every one hundred eighty days accompanied by a docu- mented patient record review by a licensed pharmacist from the providing pharmacy and the patient before continuation of medication delivery can occur] FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, CONSENT MAY BE OBTAINED IN THE SAME MANNER AND PROCESS BY WHICH CONSENT IS DEEMED ACCEPTABLE UNDER THE FEDERAL MEDICARE PART D PROGRAM. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after October 21, 2014. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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