Bill > S07357

This bill requires hospital and emergency room physicians to consult the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) registry when treating a patient for a controlled substance overdose and to notify the patient's original prescriber about the overdose. Specifically, the bill amends existing public health law to expand the circumstances under which information can be shared through the PMP registry. It mandates that emergency room and hospital practitioners must check the registry when treating a patient for a drug overdose and then inform the patient's original prescribing physician about the overdose. The bill also updates language throughout the existing law to use gender-neutral terminology (changing "his or her" to "their"). The purpose of these changes is to improve communication between healthcare providers and potentially help prevent future overdoses by ensuring that a patient's primary care physician is aware of a serious drug-related medical incident. The bill will take effect immediately, with some technical provisions about the timing of specific amendments. This legislation is part of broader efforts to address the ongoing challenges of controlled substance misuse and overdose in New York State.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7357