STATE OF NEW YORK
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6380
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 11, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, AVELLA, BAILEY, HOYLMAN, MONTGOMERY -- 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 prohibiting pharma-
cists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical,
moral, or religious reasons
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6810 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
3 16. No pharmacist shall refuse to dispense or refill a prescription or
4 non-prescription drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
5 for restricted distribution by pharmacies solely on the grounds that to
6 dispense or refill the prescription or non-prescription drug would
7 contravene the pharmacist's philosophical, moral, or religious beliefs.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
9 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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