A6301D-2011 Actions

• Jul 18, 2012: signed chap.116
• Jul 6, 2012: delivered to governor
• Jun 20, 2012: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 20, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 20, 2012: 3RD READING CAL.1407
• Jun 20, 2012: SUBSTITUTED FOR S3808B
• Jun 19, 2012: REFERRED TO RULES
• Jun 19, 2012: delivered to senate
• Jun 19, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 18, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.345
• Jun 18, 2012: rules report cal.345
• Jun 18, 2012: reported
• Jun 18, 2012: reported referred to rules
• Jun 15, 2012: print number 6301d
• Jun 15, 2012: amend and recommit to ways and means
• Jun 13, 2012: print number 6301c
• Jun 13, 2012: amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
• Jun 13, 2012: reported referred to ways and means
• Apr 27, 2012: print number 6301b
• Apr 27, 2012: amend and recommit to higher education
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to higher education
• Apr 27, 2011: print number 6301a
• Apr 27, 2011: amend (t) and recommit to higher education
• Mar 11, 2011: referred to higher education

A6301D-2011 Votes

A6301D-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 6301--D
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 March 11, 2011
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GABRYSZAK, WEPRIN, TITONE, MOYA, QUART -
 Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLE, CROUCH, JOHNS, P. RIVERA -- read
 once  and  referred  to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher  Education
 in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
 committee  -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
 and  recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said commit
 tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to
 said committee
 

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing a licensed
 pharmacist  and  certified  nurse  practitioner  to administer certain
 immunizing agents; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions
 upon expiration thereof
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 6527  of  the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:

 7.  (a)  A  licensed  physician  may prescribe and order a non-patient
 specific regimen to  a  licensed  pharmacist,  pursuant  to  regulations
 promulgated  by  the commissioner, and consistent with the public health
 law, for administering immunizations TO PREVENT INFLUENZA OR  PNEUMOCOC
 CAL  DISEASE AND MEDICATIONS REQUIRED FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT OF ANAPHY
 LAXIS. Nothing in this subdivision shall authorize unlicensed persons to
 administer immunizations, vaccines or other drugs.
 (B) A LICENSED PHYSICIAN MAY PRESCRIBE AND ORDER  A  PATIENT  SPECIFIC
 ORDER  TO  A LICENSED PHARMACIST, PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, FOR  ADMIN
 ISTERING IMMUNIZATIONS TO PREVENT ACUTE HERPES ZOSTER.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09657-16-2
 
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S  2.  Subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education law, as added by
 chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:

 7.  (A)  A certified nurse practitioner may prescribe and order a non
 patient specific regimen to a licensed  pharmacist,  pursuant  to  regu
 lations  promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with the public
 health law, for administering  immunizations  TO  PREVENT  INFLUENZA  OR
 PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE AND MEDICATIONS REQUIRED FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT OF
 ANAPHYLAXIS.  Nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall authorize unlicensed
 persons to administer immunizations, vaccines or other drugs.
 (B) A CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER MAY PRESCRIBE AND ORDER  A  PATIENT
 SPECIFIC  REGIMEN  TO  A  LICENSED  PHARMACIST,  PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH
 LAW, FOR ADMINISTERING IMMUNIZATIONS TO PREVENT ACUTE HERPES ZOSTER.
 

S  3. Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law, as added by
 chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:

 22. "Administer", for the purpose of section sixty-eight  hundred  one
 of  this article, means the direct application of an immunizing agent to
 adults, whether by injection, ingestion or any other means, pursuant  to
 A.  a  patient specific order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed
 or ordered [issued] by a physician or certified nurse practitioner,  who
 has  a practice site in the county in which the immunization is adminis
 tered, FOR IMMUNIZATIONS TO PREVENT INFLUENZA  OR  PNEUMOCOCCAL  DISEASE
 AND  MEDICATIONS REQUIRED FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT OF ANAPHYLAXIS OR B. A
 PATIENT SPECIFIC ORDER PRESCRIBED OR ORDERED BY A PHYSICIAN OR CERTIFIED
 NURSE PRACTITIONER FOR IMMUNIZATIONS TO  PREVENT  ACUTE  HERPES  ZOSTER.
 [However  if] IF the county where the immunization is to be administered
 has a population of seventy-five thousand or  less,  then  the  licensed
 physician or certified nurse practitioner may be in an adjoining county.
 Such  administration  shall  be  limited to immunizing agents to prevent
 influenza or pneumococcal disease and medications required for emergency
 treatment of anaphylaxis.
 

S 4.

Section 6801 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:

 5.  WHEN  ADMINISTERING  AN  IMMUNIZATION  IN A PHARMACY, THE LICENSED
 PHARMACIST SHALL PROVIDE AN AREA FOR THE IMMUNIZATION THAT PROVIDES  FOR
 A PATIENT'S PRIVACY.
 

S  5. The commissioner of health, in consultation with the superinten
 dent of financial services and  the  commissioner  of  education,  shall
 prepare  and  submit a report to the governor and the legislature, on or
 before October first, two thousand  fourteen,  regarding  the  rates  of
 health insurance plan coverage for immunizations to prevent acute herpes
 zoster  in  New  York  state. This information shall include, but not be
 limited to, the  total  number  of  people  receiving  immunizations  to
 prevent  acute  herpes  zoster from health care providers as compared to
 pharmacies in New York state; the rates of coverage from  health  insur
 ance  plans,  including  Medicare, for people receiving immunizations to
 prevent acute herpes zoster from health care providers  as  compared  to
 pharmacies  in  New  York  state;  the  amount of co-pays and other fees
 required by health  insurance  plans,  including  Medicare,  for  people
 receiving  immunizations to prevent acute herpes zoster from health care
 providers as compared to pharmacies in New York state;  and  a  list  of
 health insurance plans that do not provide coverage for people receiving
 immunizations  to prevent acute herpes zoster from health care providers
 as compared to pharmacies in New York state as well  as  the  amount  or
 amounts  that  are  charges  to an individual receiving immunizations to
 prevent herpes zoster without any health insurance coverage.
 
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S 6. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, 2015
 provided, that:

 (a)  the  amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the education
 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of  such
 subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith;
 (b)  the  amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education
 law, made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith;
 (c) the amendments to subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the  education
 law  made  by  section  three of this act shall not affect the repeal of
 such subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith; and
 (d) the amendments to section  6801  of  the  education  law  made  by
 section four of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section
 and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

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