New York S 4888: Relates to the publication of information regarding awards of state contracts

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S04888 Summary:

BILL NOS04888 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06182

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6802, add §6833, Ed L

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Relates to the automated storage and dispensing of controlled substances using an automated dispensing device at licensed nursing homes, residential health care facilities and hospices.

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BILL NOS04888 

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4888

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 the automated storage
 and dispensing of controlled substances using an automated dispensing
 device

 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 a
 2 new subdivision 31 to read as follows:
 3 31. "Automated dispensing device (ADD)" shall mean a mechanical system
 4 used in nursing homes and residential health care facilities licensed
 5 pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health law and hospices
 6 certified pursuant to article forty of the public health law, that pack-
 7 ages and labels patient specific medication or multiple medications for
 8 the purposes of administration by a health care professional licensed to
 9 administer medications by the state of New York based on a prescription
 10 or order that has completed final verification by a licensed pharmacist.
 11 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6833 to read
 12 as follows:
 13 § 6833. Automated storage and dispensing of medications. 1. For
 14 purposes of this section, "automated dispensing device (ADD)" shall have
 15 the same meaning as subdivision thirty-one of section sixty-eight
 16 hundred two of this article.
 17 2. The ADD and its contents shall remain the property of a pharmacy
 18 registered under this article. The pharmacy shall maintain all
 19 controls, record keeping as required by all laws, rules and regulations
 20 of the state. Pharmacies utilizing automated dispensing devices as
 21 permitted under this section for routine medication dispensing of
 22 controlled substances shall obtain a machine-specific federal Drug
 23 Enforcement Administration (DEA-ADD) registration number, and the appro-
 24 priate New York state licensing.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09313-01-5

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 1 3. The pharmacy shall maintain records on site at the pharmacy (hard
 2 copy or electronic) for not less than ten years, including but not
 3 limited to:
 4 a. documentation of the approval for use and placement of the ADD
 5 received from the department and/or the board of pharmacy;
 6 b. delivery manifests or similar electronic documentation that moni-
 7 tors the transport of controlled substances between the pharmacy and
 8 ADD;
 9 c. ADD cleaning and maintenance logs or similar documentation;
 10 d. records and/or electronic data of all events involving the ADD
 11 including but not limited to:
 12 (i) identity of all personnel who access the contents;
 13 (ii) location of the system accessed;
 14 (iii) type of transaction with date/time stamp;
 15 (iv) name, strength, dosage form, and quantity of the accessed medica-
 16 tion;
 17 (v) name or other identifier of the patient for whom the medication
 18 was ordered;
 19 (vi) reconciliation of all controlled substance inventories at least
 20 monthly.
 21 4. The prepackaged cartridges or containers may be sent to a remote
 22 site to be loaded into such machine by personnel designated by the phar-
 23 macist-in-charge provided:
 24 a. the individual cartridges or containers are transported to such
 25 remote site in a secure, tamper-evident container; and
 26 b. the automated pharmacy system uses bar-coding,