New York A 4538: Requires health care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an opioid

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A04538 Summary:

BILL NOA04538 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07508

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SPONSORFall

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Amd §3309, Pub Health L

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Requires health care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an opioid and discuss the dangers of opioid addiction with such patient in a manner consistent with regulations promulgated by the commissioner of health.

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BILL NOA04538 

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02/04/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4538

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health
 care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an
 opioid

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of
 2 section 3309 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 42 of the
 3 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) A health care professional [may] shall prescribe [by] a patient-
 5 specific or non-patient-specific [prescription] opioid antagonist when
 6 prescribing an opioid, and may also, dispense or distribute, directly or
 7 indirectly, an opioid antagonist to an opioid antagonist recipient. Such
 8 health care professional shall discuss the dangers of opioid addiction
 9 with such patient in a manner consistent with regulations promulgated by
 10 the commissioner.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 12 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 13 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 14 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 15 on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08692-01-5

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