New York S 7373: Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage for providing prosthetic devices

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S07373 Summary:

BILL NOS07373 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03310

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §6833, Ed L

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Establishes under the direction of the state board of pharmacy a drug repository program to accept and dispense donated prescription drugs; authorizes such board and the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations; makes definitions; exempts such persons or entities who dispense such donated drugs from criminal or tort liability or professional disciplinary action.

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BILL NOS07373 

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04/11/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7373

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing under the
 direction of the state board of pharmacy a drug repository program to
 accept and dispense donated prescription drugs

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6833
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 6833. Repository program; accept and dispense donated prescription
 4 drugs. 1. As used in this section: a. "Hospital" has the same meaning as
 5 in subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred one of the public
 6 health law.
 7 b. "Nonprofit clinic" means a corporation as defined in subparagraph
 8 five of paragraph (a) of section one hundred two of the not-for-profit
 9 corporation law, or any charitable organization not organized and not
 10 operated for profit, that provides health care services to indigent and
 11 uninsured persons. "Nonprofit clinic" shall not include a hospital or a
 12 facility as defined in subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred
 13 one of the public health law.
 14 c. "Prescription drug" means any drug to which the following applies:
 15 (1) Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21
 16 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, the drug is required to bear a label contain-
 17 ing the legend, "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without
 18 prescription" or "Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or
 19 on the order of a licensed veterinarian" or any similar restrictive
 20 statement, or the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription.
 21 (2) Under this article, the drug may be dispensed only upon a
 22 prescription.
 23 (3) Drugs that can only be dispensed to a patient registered with the
 24 drug's manufacturer in accordance with federal Food and Drug Adminis-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05731-01-5

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 1 tration requirements may not be accepted or distributed under the
 2 provisions of this section.
 3 2. The state board of pharmacy shall establish a drug repository
 4 program to accept and dispense prescription drugs donated for the
 5 purpose of being dispensed to individuals who are residents of this
 6 state and meet eligibility standards established in rules and regu-
 7 lations adopted by the board under subdivision five of this section.
 8 Only prescription drugs in their original sealed and tamper-evident unit
 9 dose packaging shall be accepted and dispensed. The packaging shall be
 10 unopened, except that drugs packaged in single unit doses shall be
 11 accepted and dispensed when the outside packaging is opened if the
 12 single unit dose packaging is undisturbed. Prescription drugs donated by
 13 individuals bearing an expiration date that is less than six months from
 14 the date the drug is donated shall not be accepted or dispensed. A
 15 prescription drug shall not be accepted or dispensed if there is reason
 16 to believe that it is adulterated as described in section sixty-eight
 17 hundred fifteen of this article. Subject to the limitation specified in
 18 this subdivision, unused prescr