STATE OF NEW YORK
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5167
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to physician ranking
for opiate prescriptions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3343-a of the public health law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. On an annual basis, the department shall provide to all author-
4 ized prescribers of opiates, as defined in subdivision b of schedule I
5 of section three thousand three hundred six of this article, notice
6 stating the number of prescriptions for opiates written by such prescri-
7 ber during the previous calendar year, and the prescriber's numerical
8 ranking and percentile ranking relative to other prescribers within each
9 county where the prescriber practices based on such number.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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