S05867 Summary:

BILL NOS05867B
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08256-A
 
SPONSORRIVERA
 
COSPNSRHARCKHAM
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 3331, Pub Health L
 
Requires a practitioner to consider and prescribe non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
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S05867 Actions:

BILL NOS05867B
 
05/15/2019REFERRED TO HEALTH
06/12/2019AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
06/12/2019PRINT NUMBER 5867A
01/08/2020REFERRED TO HEALTH
07/16/2020AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
07/16/2020PRINT NUMBER 5867B
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S05867 Committee Votes:

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S05867 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S05867 Memo:

Memo not available
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S05867 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5867--B
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 15, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. RIVERA, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
          tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
          mitted  to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to consideration  and
          prescription  of  non-opioid  treatment  alternatives for treatment of
          neuromusculoskeletal conditions
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 3331 of the public health law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. (a) When a patient seeks  treatment  for  any  neuromusculoskeletal
     4  condition  that  causes  pain,  where a practitioner considers an opioid
     5  treatment, the practitioner shall consider, discuss  with  the  patient,
     6  and,  as  appropriate,  refer or prescribe non-opioid treatment alterna-
     7  tives, based on  the  practitioner's  clinical  judgment  and  following
     8  generally  accepted  national  professional or treatment guidelines, and
     9  consistent with  patient  preference  and  consent,  before  starting  a
    10  patient  on opioid treatment. For the purposes of this subdivision, non-
    11  opioid treatment alternatives include, but are not limited to:  acupunc-
    12  ture, chiropractic,  massage  therapy,  physical  therapy,  occupational
    13  therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, non-opioid medications, interven-
    14  tional  treatments  and  non-clinical  activities  such as exercise. The
    15  practitioner shall inform the patient that some treatments  may  not  be
    16  covered by the patient's health coverage.
    17    (b)  The requirements of this subdivision shall not apply for patients
    18  being treated under any of the  following  circumstances:  treatment  of
    19  cancer;  hospice or other end-of-life care; post-surgery treatment imme-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11730-03-0

        S. 5867--B                          2
 
     1  diately following a surgical procedure; or in a medical emergency.   For
     2  purposes  of this subdivision, "medical emergency" means an acute injury
     3  or illness that poses an immediate risk to a person's life or health.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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