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--A
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 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
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) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit the
18 investigation of an activity that is punishable as a crime under the
19 laws of this state, provided that only such records that are strictly
20 necessary to the investigation of such potential crime shall be
21 disclosed.
22 § 2. Subdivision 1-a of section 6810 of the education law, as amended
23 by chapter 108 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
24 1-a. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, at the
25 prescriber's request, [the prescription label for] mifepristone or miso-
26 prostol shall [include the name or address of the prescribing health
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 care practice instead of the name of the prescriber] be dispensed with-
2 out the name and address of the owner of the establishment in which it
3 was dispensed, the name of the prescriber, and the name and address of
4 the patient included on the prescription label, provided that such
5 information is recorded and maintained by the pharmacist pursuant to
6 subdivision five of this section. Nothing in this subdivision shall
7 be construed to prohibit the investigation of an activity that is
8 punishable as a crime under the laws of this state, provided that
9 only such records maintained pursuant to subdivision five of this
10 section that are strictly necessary to the investigation of such
11 potential crime shall be disclosed.
12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
