S07193 Summary:

BILL NOS07193
 
SAME ASSAME AS A10460
 
SPONSORGRISANTI
 
COSPNSRMAZIARZ
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S2341, Ins L; amd SS6802 & 6807, Ed L
 
Relates to pharmaceuticals with an aesthetic or cosmetic use or purpose; authorizes physicians to dispense a certain aesthetic pharmaceutical in excess of the seventy-two hour supply limit generally imposed.
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S07193 Actions:

BILL NOS07193
 
05/01/2012REFERRED TO INSURANCE
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S07193 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S07193 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7193
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 1, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
        AN  ACT to amend the insurance law and the education law, in relation to
          pharmaceuticals with an aesthetic or cosmetic use or purpose
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section  1.  Section  2341 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
     3    (c) Other matters that the superintendent may submit to  the  councils
     4  for  consideration  include, but are not limited to, the extent to which
     5  liability insurance rates are  affected  by  non-prescription  aesthetic
     6  compounds  developed  without  the approval of the federal Food and Drug
     7  Administration that are sold as an over-the-counter  substitute  for  an
     8  aesthetic  pharmaceutical as such term is defined in subdivision twenty-
     9  four of section sixty-eight hundred two of the education law.
    10    § 2. Section 6802 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    11  subdivision 24 to read as follows:
    12    24. "Aesthetic pharmaceutical" means:

    13    a. bimatoprost;
    14    b. eflornithine;
    15    c. finasteride;
    16    d. fluocinolone;
    17    e. hydroquinone;
    18    f. tretinoin;
    19    g. minoxidil;
    20    h. tazarotene; or
    21    i. a drug that:
    22    (1) is not a controlled substance;
    23    (2) requires a prescription for dispensation;
    24    (3) has been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration; and
    25    (4) is prescribed for the enhancement of an individual's appearance.
    26    § 3. Subparagraph 9 of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 6807 of
    27  the  education  law,  as  amended by chapter 538 of the laws of 2001, is
    28  amended and a new subparagraph 10 is added to read as follows:
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15614-01-2

        S. 7193                             2
 
     1    (9) the dispensing of drugs pursuant to an oncological or AIDS  proto-
     2  col[.]; or
     3    (10)  the  dispensing  of an aesthetic pharmaceutical in excess of the
     4  patient's immediate needs when  dispensed  by  a  physician,  where  the
     5  physician:
     6    i.  informs the patient that the prescription may be filled at a phar-
     7  macy or dispensed in the physician's office;
     8    ii. dispenses only to the physician's patients; and

     9    iii. complies with all state and federal labeling and  record  keeping
    10  requirements. A record maintained under this subparagraph must be acces-
    11  sible  to  the extent required by state and federal law. A physician may
    12  charge a fee for dispensing an aesthetic pharmaceutical.
    13    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided,  however  that
    14  the  amendments to section 2341 of the insurance law made by section one
    15  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
    16  deemed to expire therewith.
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