STATE OF NEW YORK
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5199
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 26, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to department analy-
sis of the prescription monitoring program registry
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3343-a of the public health law,
2 as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 447 of the laws of 2012, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 7. Department analysis of data. The department shall periodically
5 analyze data contained in the prescription monitoring program registry
6 to identify information that indicates that a violation of law or breach
7 of professional standards may have occurred, including the inappropriate
8 prescribing of controlled substances and, as warranted, provide any
9 relevant information to appropriate entities as permitted under section
10 thirty-three hundred seventy-one of this article. The department shall
11 keep a record of the information provided, including, but not limited
12 to, the specific information provided and the agency to which such
13 information was provided, including the name and title of the person to
14 whom such information was provided and an attestation from such person
15 that he or she has authority to receive such information.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00942-01-1
