Bill Text: NY A07741 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Limits the initial prescription of a controlled substance for the alleviation of acute pain from a seven-day supply to a three-day supply.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to health [A07741 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07741-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7741 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to limiting the initial prescription of a controlled substance for the alleviation of acute pain from a seven-day supply to a three-day supply 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 5 of section 3331 of the 2 public health law, as added by section 1 of part C of chapter 71 of the 3 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 4 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi- 5 sion, a practitioner, within the scope of his or her professional opin- 6 ion or discretion, may not prescribe more than a [seven-day] three-day 7 supply of any schedule II, III, or IV opioid to an ultimate user upon 8 the initial consultation or treatment of such user for acute pain. Upon 9 any subsequent consultations for the same pain, the practitioner may 10 issue, in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subdivision, any appro- 11 priate renewal, refill, or new prescription for the opioid or any other 12 drug. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11357-02-7
