New York A 3116: Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications

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A03116 Summary:

BILL NOA03116 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00493

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRButtenschon, Epstein, Tapia, Shimsky, Brown K

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§3309-c & 3309-d, Pub Health L

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Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; requires that for the first opioid analgesic prescription of a calendar year the prescribing physician shall counsel the patient on the risks of overdose.

Go to top A03116 Actions:

BILL NOA03116 

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01/23/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3116

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, BUTTENSCHON, EPSTEIN, TAPIA, SHIMSKY,
 K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health
 practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with
 certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; and in
 relation to opioid analgesic prescriptions

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 3309-c to read as follows:
 3 § 3309-c. Practitioner and patient discussions; opioid prescriptions.
 4 1. Prior to issuing the initial prescription of a Schedule II controlled
 5 substance for the treatment of pain or any other opioid drug which is a
 6 prescription drug for acute or chronic pain and again prior to issuing
 7 the third prescription of the course of treatment, a practitioner shall
 8 discuss with the patient, or the patient's parent or guardian if the
 9 patient is under eighteen years of age and is not an emancipated minor,
 10 the risks associated with the drugs being prescribed, including but not
 11 limited to:
 12 (a) the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid drugs
 13 and the dangers of taking opioid drugs with alcohol, benzodiazepines and
 14 other central nervous system depressants;
 15 (b) the reasons why the prescription is necessary;
 16 (c) alternative treatments that may be available; and
 17 (d) the risks associated with the use of the drugs being prescribed,
 18 specifically that opioids are highly addictive, even when taken as
 19 prescribed, that there is a risk of developing a physical or psycholog-
 20 ical dependence on the controlled substance, and that the risks of
 21 taking more opioids than prescribed, or mixing sedatives, benzodiaze-
 22 pines or alcohol with opioids, can result in fatal respiratory
 23 depression.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01849-01-5

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 1 2. The department shall develop and make available to practitioners
 2 guidelines for the discussion required by this section.
 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3309-d
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 3309-d. Opioid analgesic prescription. 1. For the first opioid anal-
 6 gesic prescription of a calendar year that is greater than a one week's
 7 supply, the prescribing physician shall counsel the patient on the risks
 8 of overdose, and inform the patient of the availability of an opioid
 9 antagonist, including, but not limited to, naloxone.
 10 2. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 11 the following meanings:
 12 (a) "Opioid analgesics" means the medicines buprenorphine, butorpha-
 13 nol, codeine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, levorphanol, meperidine,
 14 methadone, morphine, nalbuphine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, pentazocine,
 15 propoxyphene as well as their brand names, isomers and combinations.
 16 (b) "Opioid antagonist" means an FDA-approved drug that, when adminis-
 17 tered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the pharmacological
 18 effects of an opioid in the body. The opioid antagonist is limited to
 19 naloxone or other medications approved by the department for this
 20 purpose.
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