New York A 5994: Directs the commissioner of health to promulgate and implement rules authorizing the use of automated patient dispensing and storage systems at pharmacies

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A05994 Summary:

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Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of education, the commissioner of mental health, and the state board of pharmacy, to promulgate and implement rules and regulations authorizing the use of automated patient dispensing and storage systems for distribution of prescription and non-prescription drugs and medical devices at pharmacies.

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02/25/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5994

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to directing the commissioner of health, in consultation with the
 commissioner of education, the commissioner of mental health, and the
 state board of pharmacy, to promulgate and implement rules and regu-
 lations authorizing the use of automated patient dispensing and stor-
 age systems for distribution of prescription and non-prescription
 drugs and medical devices directly to patients at certain pharmacy
 locations

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6808 of the education law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part D of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. No person, firm, corporation or association shall possess drugs,
 5 prescriptions or poisons for the purpose of compounding, dispensing,
 6 retailing, wholesaling, or manufacturing, or shall offer drugs,
 7 prescriptions or poisons for sale at retail or wholesale unless regis-
 8 tered by the department as a pharmacy, wholesaler, manufacturer or
 9 outsourcing facility; provided, however, that the provisions of this
 10 section shall not prohibit the dispensing and/or storage of
 11 prescriptions, drugs or medical devices through the use of an automated
 12 patient dispensing and storage system as provided in section two hundred
 13 eighty-d of the public health law and rules and regulations promulgated
 14 pursuant to such section.
 15 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 280-d to
 16 read as follows:
 17 § 280-d. Automated patient dispensing and storage systems at pharma-
 18 cies. 1. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of
 19 education, the commissioner of mental health, and the state board of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10058-01-5

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 1 pharmacy, shall promulgate rules and regulations to authorize the
 2 licensing and use of automated patient dispensing and storage systems as
 3 provided in this section which shall include, but not be limited to,
 4 requiring that the operator of an automated patient dispensing and stor-
 5 age system holds a registration from the federal drug enforcement agency
 6 for the distribution of controlled substances.
 7 2. Definitions. As used in this section:
 8 (a) "Automated drug delivery system" or "ADDS" means a mechanical
 9 system that performs operations or activities, other than compounding or
 10 administration, relative to the storage, dispensing, or distribution of
 11 drugs. An ADDS shall collect, control, and maintain all transaction
 12 information to accurately track the movement of drugs into and out of
 13 the system for security, accuracy, and accountability.
 14 (b) "Automated patient dispensing and storage system" or "APDSS" means
 15 an ADDS for storage and dispensing of drugs directly to patients pursu-
 16 ant to prior authorization by a pharmacist.
 17 (c) "Drug" means a prescription drug, a non-prescription drug or over-
 18 the-counter medication or supply, and/or a medical device.
 19 (d) "Patient" means an i