Provides that mifepristone or misoprostol may be dispensed without the name and address of the dispenser and patient included on the prescription label.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8656
IN SENATE
January 7, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 the dispensing of
certain prescriptions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b-1 of subdivision 1 of section 6807 of the
2 education law, as amended by chapter 108 of the laws of 2025, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 b-1. (1) Notwithstanding paragraph b of this section, [the
5 prescription label for] mifepristone or misoprostol may [include the
6 name or address of the dispensing health care practice instead of the
7 name of the dispenser] be dispensed without the name and address of the
8 dispenser and patient included on the prescription label, provided that
9 such label includes a prescription number or other means of identifying
10 the prescription.
11 (2) Any person who dispenses mifepristone or misoprostol pursuant to
12 this paragraph shall maintain a log with the prescription numbers, name
13 and address of the dispenser and patient, and information otherwise
14 required on the prescription label pursuant to paragraph b of this
15 subdivision. Such log shall include records for a period of at least
16 five years following the date such prescription is dispensed.
17 (3) All records maintained under subparagraph two of this paragraph
18 shall be subject to the provisions of section three hundred
19 ninety-four-i of the general business law.
20 (4) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit the
21 investigation of an activity that is punishable as a crime under the
22 laws of this state, provided that only such records that are strictly
23 necessary to the investigation of such potential crime shall be
24 disclosed.
25 § 2. Subdivisions 1-a and 5 of section 6810 of the education law,
26 subdivision 1-a as amended by chapter 108 of the laws of 2025 and subdi-
27 vision 5 as amended by chapter 520 of the laws of 2024, are amended to
28 read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14047-02-6
S. 8656 2
1 1-a. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, at the
2 prescriber's request, [the prescription label for] mifepristone or miso-
3 prostol shall [include the name or address of the prescribing health
4 care practice instead of the name of the prescriber] be dispensed with-
5 out the name and address of the owner of the establishment in which it
6 was dispensed, the name of the prescriber, and the name and address of
7 the patient included on the prescription label, provided that such
8 information is recorded and maintained by the pharmacist pursuant to
9 subdivision five of this section.
10 5. (a) Records of all prescriptions filled or refilled shall be main-
11 tained for a period of at least five years and upon request made avail-
12 able for inspection and copying by a representative of the department.
13 Such records shall indicate date of filling or refilling, prescriber's
14 name, patient's name and address and the name or initials of the pharma-
15 cist who prepared, compounded, or dispensed the prescription. Records of
16 prescriptions for controlled substances shall be maintained pursuant to
17 requirements of article thirty-three of the public health law.
18 (b) All records of prescriptions for mifepristone or misoprostol main-
19 tained under this subdivision shall be subject to the provisions of
20 section three hundred ninety-four-i of the general business law.
21 (c) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit the
22 investigation of an activity that is punishable as a crime under the
23 laws of this state, provided that only such records that are strictly
24 necessary to the investigation of such potential crime shall be
25 disclosed.
26 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
