Senate Bill S2661A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

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 business

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S2661 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4278
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6810, Ed L

2015-S2661 - 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-S2661 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2661 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2661

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee 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-S2661A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4278
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6810, Ed L

2015-S2661A (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-S2661A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2661A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 2661--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  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
              

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