New York A 623: Establishes and authorizes telepharmacy in this state

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A00623 Summary:

BILL NOA00623 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBlankenbush (MS)

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COSPNSRBrabenec, DeStefano, McDonough, Miller, Smullen

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MLTSPNSRHawley

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Amd §6802, add §6833, Ed L

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Establishes and authorizes telepharmacy in this state; defines terms; creates telepharmacy satellite consultation sites and telepharmacy in hospitals; authorizes the filling of prescriptions at remote sites connected to central pharmacies via computer link, videolink and audiolink; makes exceptions.

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BILL NOA00623 

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01/08/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 623

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, McDONOUGH,
 MILLER, SMULLEN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the prac-
 tice of telepharmacy

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6802 of the education law is amended by adding four
 2 new subdivisions 31, 32, 33 and 34 to read as follows:
 3 31. "Remote site" means a pharmacy staffed by registered pharmacy
 4 technicians with access to its main pharmacy and registered pharmacists
 5 by computer link, video link and audio link while open.
 6 32. "Satellite consultation site" means a telepharmacy where any
 7 filled prescriptions ready for dispensing are prepared at another phar-
 8 macy and delivered to the satellite for dispensing via computer link,
 9 video link and audio link to the main pharmacy and a licensed pharma-
 10 cist.
 11 33. "Telepharmacy" means a central pharmacy with one or more remote
 12 sites in which all sites are connected via computer link, video link and
 13 audio link.
 14 34. "Telepharmacy in hospitals" means a central hospital pharmacy with
 15 one or more remote sites in which all sites are connected via computer
 16 link, video link and audio link.
 17 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6833 to read
 18 as follows:
 19 § 6833. Telepharmacy. 1. A remote site shall comply with section
 20 sixty-eight hundred eight of this article, governing requirements for
 21 permit to operate a pharmacy. The remote site is considered to be under
 22 the personal charge of the pharmacist at the central pharmacy.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01884-01-5

 A. 623 2

 1 2. A remote site shall be connected to its central pharmacy via
 2 computer link, video link and audio link. A remote site shall use its
 3 central pharmacy's central processing unit, including, but not limited
 4 to:
 5 (a) consecutive prescription numbers and all prescription records
 6 shall be maintained at the central pharmacy;
 7 (b) prescriptions filled at the remote site shall be distinguishable
 8 on records from those filled at the central pharmacy;
 9 (c) daily reports must be separated for the central pharmacy and the
 10 remote site, but shall be maintained at the central pharmacy;
 11 (d) pharmacies shall be able to generate labels from the central phar-
 12 macy or at the remote site; and
 13 (e) all prescriptions distributed at the remote site shall have a
 14 label that meets requirements set forth in section sixty-eight hundred
 15 eleven-a of this article attached to the final drug container before the
 16 pharmacist verifies the dispensing process.
 17 3. A pharmacist at the central pharmacy shall approve each
 18 prescription before it leaves the remote site, including, but not limit-
 19 ed to:
 20 (a) dispensing is considered to be done at the central pharmacy;
 21 (b) both the pharmacist's and the technician's initials shall appear
 22 on the fill screen, patient profile and label; and
 23 (c) a pharmacist shall compare via video link the stock bottle, drug
 24 dispensed and strength. The entire label