A04150 Summary:

BILL NOA04150A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01748-A
 
SPONSOREnglebright
 
COSPNSRLupardo, Weisenberg, Gabryszak
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S2803-e, Pub Health L
 
Provides that residential health care facilities may return and redistribute unused medication provided that such medication is in the manufacturer's original, tamper evident packaging; directs the commissioner of health to establish a reasonable fee of reimbursement of costs related to the receipt, restocking and redistribution of such medication payable to the pharmacy to which such medication is returned.
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A04150 Actions:

BILL NOA04150A
 
02/01/2011referred to health
01/04/2012referred to health
04/30/2012amend and recommit to health
04/30/2012print number 4150a
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A04150 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A04150 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4150--A
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 1, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO, WEISENBERG -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on
          Health  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to return and  redis-
          tribution of unused medication
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 2803-e of the public health law, as added by  chap-
     2  ter 902 of the laws of 1977 and renumbered by chapter 340 of the laws of
     3  1980, is amended to read as follows:
     4    §  2803-e.  Residential  health care facilities; return and redistrib-
     5  ution  of  unused  medication.  1.  Notwithstanding   any   inconsistent
     6  provision  of  law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner
     7  is hereby authorized  and  directed  to  permit  either  a  resident  or
     8  consultant  pharmacist  or  his  or her designee in a residential health
     9  care facility to return to the pharmacy from which it was purchased  any

    10  unused  medication  provided  that  such  medication  is  sealed  in the
    11  manufacturer's original unopened[,] tamper evident packaging and  either
    12  individually  packaged  [units]  or  packaged in unit-dose packaging and
    13  within the recommended period of shelf life, and, if oral or  parenteral
    14  medications,  sealed  in  single-dose containers approved by the federal
    15  Food and Drug Administration, and, if a topical  or  inhalant  drug,  is
    16  sealed  in units-of-use containers approved by the federal Food and Drug
    17  Administration and provided that such medication  is  not  a  controlled
    18  substance  as defined in section thirty-three hundred six of [the public
    19  health law] this chapter.

    20    2. The pharmacy to which such medication as described  in  subdivision
    21  one  of  this section is returned shall be permitted to receive, restock
    22  and redistribute that medication.   The  commissioner,  in  consultation
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04234-02-1

        A. 4150--A                          2
 
     1  with  the  advisory  committee  established  by  subdivision six of this
     2  section, shall establish a reasonable  fee  of  reimbursement  of  costs
     3  related to the receipt, restocking and redistribution of such medication
     4  payable to the pharmacy to which such medication is returned.

     5    3.  The  pharmacy to which such medication as described in subdivision
     6  one of this section is returned shall be required to reimburse or credit
     7  the purchaser of that medication  for  the  unused  medication  that  is
     8  restocked and redistributed. No pharmacy shall be required to accept any
     9  medication returned under subdivision one of this section.
    10    4.  Neither  an  individual  patient  or  the state, if a patient is a
    11  recipient of a state funded program, shall be charged for unused medica-
    12  tion which according to the provisions  of  this  law  is  returned  for
    13  reimbursement or credit.
    14    5.  The  commissioner  shall  establish  procedures to assure that any
    15  return of medications authorized  by  this  section,  and  any  receipt,
    16  restocking or redistribution of medication so returned shall comply with

    17  the  federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
    18  of 1996, as amended.
    19    6. The department shall convene an advisory committee  to  assist  the
    20  commissioner in developing a reasonable fee of reimbursement pursuant to
    21  the  provisions of subdivision two of this section. The advisory commit-
    22  tee shall be comprised of licensed pharmacists currently engaged in  the
    23  provision  of long term care pharmacy services. Members of the committee
    24  shall be appointed by the governor: two members of the  committee  shall
    25  be  appointed  on  the  recommendation of the temporary president of the
    26  senate and the speaker  of  the  assembly;  and  two  members  shall  be
    27  appointed  on  the recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly

    28  and the minority leader of the senate.
    29    7. A prescription drug manufacturer shall not, in the absence  of  bad
    30  faith,  be  subject to criminal or civil liability for injury, death, or
    31  loss to person or property for matters related to the return,  donation,
    32  acceptance, redistribution or dispensing of a prescription drug manufac-
    33  tured  by  the  prescription  drug  manufacturer  that is donated by any
    34  person under the program, including but not  limited  to  liability  for
    35  failure  to  transfer  or communicate product or consumer information or
    36  the expiration date of the donated prescription drug.
    37    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    38  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner  of

    39  health  shall  promulgate  rules and regulations prior to such effective
    40  date.
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