New York A 5975: Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to promulgate and implement rules authorizing the use of automated patient dispensing and storage systems in correctional facilities

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A05975 Summary:

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Amd §6808, Ed L; add §280-d, Pub Health L

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Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of mental health, and the state board of pharmacy, to promulgate and implement rules and regulations authorizing the use of automated patient dispensing and storage systems for distribution of prescription and non-prescription drugs and medical devices in correctional facilities.

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BILL NOA05975 

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02/25/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5975

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to directing the commissioner of corrections and community super-
 vision, in consultation with the commissioner of health, the commis-
 sioner of education, the commissioner of mental health, and the state
 board of pharmacy, to promulgate and implement rules and regulations
 authorizing the use of automated patient dispensing and storage
 systems for distribution of prescription and non-prescription drugs
 and medical devices in correctional facilities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6808 of the education law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part D of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. No person, firm, corporation or association shall possess drugs,
 5 prescriptions or poisons for the purpose of compounding, dispensing,
 6 retailing, wholesaling, or manufacturing, or shall offer drugs,
 7 prescriptions or poisons for sale at retail or wholesale unless regis-
 8 tered by the department as a pharmacy, wholesaler, manufacturer or
 9 outsourcing facility; provided, however, that the provisions of this
 10 section shall not prohibit the dispensing and/or storage of
 11 prescriptions, drugs or medical devices through the use of an automated
 12 patient dispensing and storage system as provided in section two hundred
 13 eighty-d of the public health law and rules and regulations promulgated
 14 pursuant to such section.
 15 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 280-d to
 16 read as follows:
 17 § 280-d. Automated patient dispensing and storage systems; use in
 18 correctional facilities. 1. The commissioner of corrections and communi-
 19 ty supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health, the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10055-01-5

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 1 commissioner of education, the commissioner of mental health, and the
 2 state board of pharmacy, shall promulgate rules and regulations to
 3 authorize the licensing and use of automated patient dispensing and
 4 storage systems as provided in this section which shall include, but not
 5 be limited to, requiring that the operator of an automated patient
 6 dispensing and storage system holds a registration from the federal drug
 7 enforcement agency for the distribution of controlled substances.
 8 2. Definitions. As used in this section:
 9 (a) "Automated drug delivery system" or "ADDS" means a mechanical
 10 system that performs operations or activities, other than compounding or
 11 administration, relative to the storage, dispensing, or distribution of
 12 drugs. An ADDS shall collect, control, and maintain all transaction
 13 information to accurately track the movement of drugs into and out of
 14 the system for security, accuracy, and accountability.
 15 (b) "Automated patient dispensing and storage system" or "APDSS" means
 16 an ADDS for storage and dispensing of drugs to medical personnel for
 17 prompt administra