New York A 6758: Relates to requiring advertisements to disclose the use of synthetic media

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A06758 Summary:

BILL NOA06758 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimone (MS)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSRBurdick, Cruz, Davila, Dinowitz, Glick, Simon, Stirpe, Weprin

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Amd §§6808 & 6810, Ed L

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Provides that a pharmacy is obligated to properly dispense or refill a prescription for a drug or device, or a non-prescription drug or device regardless of the ethical, moral or religious beliefs of any employee of such pharmacy.

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BILL NOA06758 

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03/11/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6758

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 11, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BURDICK,
 CRUZ, DAVILA, DINOWITZ, GLICK, SIMON, STIRPE, WEPRIN -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the obligation of a
 pharmacy to properly dispense or refill a prescription for a drug or
 device, or a non-prescription drug or device regardless of the
 ethical, moral or religious beliefs of any employee of such pharmacy

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 2 of section 6808 of the educa-
 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 e. Conduct of a pharmacy. Every owner of a pharmacy is responsible for
 5 the strength, quality, purity and the labeling thereof of all drugs,
 6 toxic substances, devices and cosmetics, dispensed or sold, subject to
 7 the guaranty provisions of this article and the public health law. Every
 8 owner of a pharmacy or every pharmacist in charge of a pharmacy shall be
 9 responsible for the proper conduct of this pharmacy. Every pharmacy
 10 shall be under the immediate supervision and management of a licensed
 11 pharmacist at all hours when open. No pharmacist shall have personal
 12 supervision of more than one pharmacy at the same time. Every pharmacy
 13 has a responsibility to properly dispense or refill a prescription for a
 14 drug or device, or a non-prescription drug or device regardless of the
 15 ethical, moral or religious beliefs of any employee of such pharmacy. A
 16 pharmacy may provide a reasonable accommodation for any employee who
 17 holds an ethical, moral or religious belief that would prevent the
 18 dispensing or refilling of prescription or non-prescription drugs or
 19 devices as long as it does not create an undue hardship for the employer
 20 or patient. The employee shall notify the pharmacy in writing of their
 21 beliefs and which drugs or devices they cannot dispense or refill based
 22 on such beliefs. If an employer provides a reasonable accommodation

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08821-01-5

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 1 pursuant to this subdivision, the employer shall establish a procedure
 2 that ensures the timely dispensing of a drug or device to the patient.
 3 Such procedure shall not impose any unnecessary delay in the dispensing
 4 or refilling of the drug or device, or require the patient to visit
 5 another pharmacy if such drug or device is available.
 6 § 2. Section 6810 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 7 subdivision 16 to read as follows:
 8 16. (a) No pharmacist shall refuse to dispense or refill a
 9 prescription for a drug or device, or a non-prescription drug or device
 10 on the grounds that dispensing such drug or device would be against
 11 their ethical, moral or religious beliefs unless:
 12 (i) the pharmacist has previously notified, in writing, their employer
 13 of the drugs or devices in which they cannot dispense or refill based on
 14 their ethical, moral or religious beliefs; and
 15 (ii) the employer provides a reasonable accommodation of the
 16 pharmacist's beliefs which does not create an undue hardship for either
 17 the employer or patient; and
 18 (b) If an employer provides a reasonabl