S07334 Summary:

BILL NOS07334
 
SAME ASSAME AS A09837
 
SPONSORHANNON
 
COSPNSRKRUEGER
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §281, Pub Health L; amd §6810, Ed L
 
Enacts provisions governing the transmission of electronic prescriptions and the production of hard copies of such prescriptions.
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S07334 Actions:

BILL NOS07334
 
04/15/2016REFERRED TO HEALTH
06/09/2016COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/09/2016ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1639
06/09/2016SUBSTITUTED BY A9837
 A09837 AMEND= Gottfried
 04/14/2016referred to health
 05/04/2016reported
 05/05/2016advanced to third reading cal.564
 05/11/2016passed assembly
 05/11/2016delivered to senate
 05/11/2016REFERRED TO HEALTH
 06/09/2016SUBSTITUTED FOR S7334
 06/09/20163RD READING CAL.1639
 06/09/2016PASSED SENATE
 06/09/2016RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
 09/20/2016delivered to governor
 09/29/2016vetoed memo.213
 09/30/2016tabled
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S07334 Committee Votes:

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S07334 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S07334 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7334
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 15, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
          to transmission and hard copies of electronic prescriptions
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 281 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8.  (a)  As  used  in  this  section,  "electronic prescription" shall
     4  include a prescription that is electronically transmitted to a site from
     5  which a pharmacy can  download  the  prescription  for  the  purpose  of
     6  dispensing it according to the terms of the prescription.
     7    (b)  Where  a  practitioner  issues an electronic prescription, at the
     8  request or with the consent of the patient for whom  a  prescription  is
     9  issued:
    10    (i) The practitioner shall electronically transmit the prescription to
    11  a  site  from  which a pharmacy can download the prescription under this
    12  subparagraph. However, the practitioner shall not be required to  comply
    13  with  this subparagraph if the practitioner informs the patient that the
    14  practitioner is not able to do so or if the patient intends to have  the
    15  prescription  dispensed  by a pharmacy that the practitioner is informed
    16  is not able to do so. A pharmacy may download the prescription  for  the
    17  purpose of dispensing it at the direction of the patient or other person
    18  to  whom  the  pharmacy  would  be  authorized  to  deliver  the product
    19  prescribed.
    20    (ii) The practitioner shall, at the request of the patient for whom  a
    21  prescription  is  issued,  provide  the  patient with a hard copy of the
    22  prescription, including information identifying the site or pharmacy  to
    23  which the prescription has been sent electronically.
    24    (c) The commissioner shall make regulations under this subdivision, in
    25  consultation  with  the  commissioner of education, including protection
    26  for the security of prescriptions and the confidentiality of individual-
    27  ly-identifiable patient information.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14809-02-6

        S. 7334                             2
 
     1    § 2. Section 6810 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 16 to read as follows:
     3    16.  (a)  As  used  in  this  section, "electronic prescription" shall
     4  include a prescription that is electronically transmitted to a site from
     5  which a pharmacy can  download  the  prescription  for  the  purpose  of
     6  dispensing it according to the terms of the prescription.
     7    (b)  Where  a  practitioner  issues an electronic prescription, at the
     8  request or with the consent of the patient for whom  a  prescription  is
     9  issued:
    10    (i) The practitioner shall electronically transmit the prescription to
    11  a  site  from  which a pharmacy can download the prescription under this
    12  subparagraph. However, the practitioner shall not be required to  comply
    13  with  this subparagraph if the practitioner informs the patient that the
    14  practitioner is not able to do so or if the patient intends to have  the
    15  prescription  dispensed  by a pharmacy that the practitioner is informed
    16  is not able to do so. A pharmacy may download the prescription  for  the
    17  purpose of dispensing it at the direction of the patient or other person
    18  to  whom  the  pharmacy  would  be  authorized  to  deliver  the product
    19  prescribed.
    20    (ii) The practitioner shall, at the request of the patient for whom  a
    21  prescription  is  issued,  provide  the  patient with a hard copy of the
    22  prescription, including information identifying the site or pharmacy  to
    23  which the prescription has been sent electronically.
    24    (c) The commissioner shall make regulations under this subdivision, in
    25  consultation  with  the commissioner of health, including protection for
    26  the security of prescriptions and the confidentiality of individually-i-
    27  dentifiable patient information.
    28    § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    29  become a law.
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