New York A 7869: Relates to prescription labeling and including symptoms or purpose of the drug where requested by patient

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A07869 Summary:

BILL NOA07869 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6807 & 6810, Ed L

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Authorizes prescription labels to include symptom or purpose for which the drug is being prescribed if the patient requests from their health care provider that such information be disclosed on the label, with exceptions.

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BILL NOA07869 

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04/11/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7869

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prescription labeling

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 6807 of the educa-
 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 538 of the laws of 2001, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 b. Any physician, dentist, veterinarian or other licensed health care
 5 provider legally authorized to prescribe drugs under this title who is
 6 not the owner of a pharmacy or who is not in the employ of such owner,
 7 from supplying [his] their patients with such drugs as the physician,
 8 dentist, veterinarian or other licensed health care provider legally
 9 authorized to prescribe drugs under this title deems proper in
 10 connection with [his] their practice, provided, however, that all such
 11 drugs shall be dispensed in a container labeled with the name and
 12 address of the dispenser and patient, directions for use, [and] date of
 13 delivery, and symptom or purpose for which the drug is being prescribed
 14 if the patient requests such information be disclosed on the label to
 15 the health care provider with the exception of off label prescription
 16 use, and in addition, such drug shall bear a label containing the
 17 proprietary or brand name of the drug and, if applicable, the strength
 18 of the contents, unless the person issuing the prescription specifically
 19 states on the prescription in [his] their own handwriting, that the name
 20 of the drug and the strength thereof should not appear on the label;
 21 provided further that if such drugs are controlled substances, they
 22 shall be dispensed pursuant to the requirements of article thirty-three
 23 of the public health law;
 24 § 2. Section 6810 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 25 subdivision 1-b to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10810-02-5

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 1 1-b. Upon the patient's request to the practitioner, the prescription
 2 label shall include the symptom or purpose for which the drug is being
 3 prescribed with the exception of off label prescription use.
 4 § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 5 law.

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