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NY A00336
NY A00336Provides that with the first opioid prescription of each year for use in a setting other than a general hospital or nursing home under article twenty-eight of this chapter or facility under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law, or when a practitioner is prescribing a controlled substance to a patient under the care of hospice, the prescriber shall prescribe an opioid antagonist when any of the following risk factors are present: a history of substance abuse disorder; high dose or cumulat
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Introduced
01/06/2021
01/06/2021
In Committee
05/24/2021
05/24/2021
Crossed Over
06/03/2021
06/03/2021
Passed
12/17/2021
12/17/2021
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
12/30/2021
12/30/2021
Introduced Session
2021-2022 General Assembly
Bill Summary
Provides that with the first opioid prescription of each year for use in a setting other than a general hospital or nursing home under article twenty-eight of this chapter or facility under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law, or when a practitioner is prescribing a controlled substance to a patient under the care of hospice, the prescriber shall prescribe an opioid antagonist when any of the following risk factors are present: a history of substance abuse disorder; high dose or cumulative prescriptions that result in 90 morphine milligram equivalents or higher per day; concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepine or nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics.
AI Summary
This bill requires prescribers to also prescribe an opioid antagonist (a medication that can reverse opioid overdose) when they are prescribing the first opioid prescription of the year for a patient, if the patient has certain risk factors. The risk factors include a history of substance use disorder, high daily morphine milligram equivalents, or concurrent use of opioids and certain sedative medications. This requirement applies to prescriptions outside of general hospitals, nursing homes, and hospice care settings. The bill aims to prevent opioid overdoses by ensuring availability of opioid antagonists for high-risk patients.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (18)
Ed Braunstein (D)*,
Dave McDonough (R)*,
Jeffrion Aubry (D),
Charles Barron (D),
Steven Cymbrowitz (D),
Jeffrey Dinowitz (D),
Nathalia Ferna´ndez (D),
Andrew Hevesi (D),
Pamela Hunter (D),
Latoya Joyner (D),
John McDonald (D),
Steve Otis (D),
N. Nick Perry (D),
Phil Ramos (D),
Linda Rosenthal (D),
Nily Rozic (D),
Phil Steck (D),
Steve Stern (D),
Last Action
signed chap.803 (on 12/30/2021)
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