New York A 3496: Relates to enhancing patient access to medication assisted treatment for treatment of opioid disease

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A03496 Summary:

BILL NOA03496 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02625

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SPONSORMcDonald

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COSPNSRSteck, McMahon, Stirpe

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3331, 206 & 3381, Pub Health L; amd §§6801 & 6527, Ed L

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Allows a licensed pharmacist to prescribe and order FDA-approved medication assisted therapy under a non-patient-specific regimen for the treatment of opioid use disease.

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BILL NOA03496 

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01/28/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3496

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
 to enhancing patient access to medication assisted treatment for
 treatment of opioid disease

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

 1 Section 1. Section 3331 of the public health law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 3 10. A pharmacist, in good faith, and in the usual course of profes-
 4 sional pharmacy practice, may prescribe, administer and dispense
 5 substances listed in schedules III, IV, and V for the treatment of
 6 opioid use disorders, as provided in titles III or V of this article.
 7 § 2. Section 6801 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 8 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 9 10. (a) A licensed pharmacist may prescribe FDA-approved medication
 10 assisted therapy under a non-patient-specific regimen for the treatment
 11 of opioid use disease in accordance with subdivision twelve of section
 12 sixty-five hundred twenty-seven of this title and regulations promulgat-
 13 ed by the commissioner of health established pursuant to paragraph (x)
 14 of subdivision one of section two hundred six of the public health law
 15 in consultation with the commissioner.
 16 (b) A licensed pharmacist authorized to issue a prescription for medi-
 17 cation assisted treatment of opioid use disorder shall:
 18 (i) register with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and
 19 complete the training required by Section 303 of the Controlled
 20 Substances Act (21 USC 823);
 21 (ii) provide information to the patient on the importance of having a
 22 primary health care practitioner, developed by the commissioner of
 23 health;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05761-03-5

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 1 (iii) report such administration by electronic transmission or facsim-
 2 ile to the patient's attending primary health care practitioner or prac-
 3 titioners, if any; and
 4 (iv) refer patient to provider or practice responsible for collaborat-
 5 ing in the non-patient-specific regimen.
 6 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended
 7 by adding a new paragraph (x) to read as follows:
 8 (x) establish a statewide protocol for pharmacist prescribing of medi-
 9 cation assisted treatment of opioid use disorder, not later than ninety
 10 days after the effective date of this paragraph. A licensed pharmacist
 11 authorized to issue a prescription for medication assisted treatment of
 12 opioid use disorder shall register with the federal Drug Enforcement
 13 Administration and complete the training required by Section 303 of the
 14 Controlled Substances Act (21 USC 823).
 15 § 4. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 3381 of the public
 16 health law, as amended by chapter 433 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
 17 read as follows:
 18 (e) A pharmacy registered under article one hundred thirty-seven of
 19 the education law may offer counseling and referral services to custom-
 20 ers purchasing hypodermic syringes for the purpose of: preventing
 21 injection drug abuse; the provision of drug treatment; preventing and
 22 treating hepatitis C; preventing drug overdose; testing for the human
 23 immunodeficiency virus; and providing pre-exposure p