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NY S02966
NY S02966Provides 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
01/26/2021
01/26/2021
In Committee
04/19/2021
04/19/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2022
12/31/2022
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 provide an opioid antagonist (a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose) with the first opioid prescription of each year for patients outside of a hospital, nursing home, or hospice setting, if the patient has certain risk factors. These risk factors include a history of substance use disorder, high-dose or cumulative opioid prescriptions, or concurrent use of opioids and certain sedative medications. The bill aims to increase access to opioid antagonists and reduce the risk of opioid overdose.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
SUBSTITUTED BY A336A (on 06/03/2021)
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