Bill Text: NY A09093 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department to draft guidelines for the transition of patients from substances with a high risk of addiction to those with a low risk.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-20 - referred to health [A09093 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09093-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9093
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to creating medicinal
         guidelines to aid in  the  administration  of  prescription  drugs  to
         patients with high risks of addiction
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "Michael
    2  David Israel addiction transition law".
    3    S  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3351-a
    4  to read as follows:
    5    S 3351-A. GUIDELINES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE  MEDICAL  GUIDE-
    6  LINES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  PERSONS  AUTHORIZED  UNDER  THIS  TITLE TO
    7  DISTRIBUTE OR DISPENSE SUBSTANCES CONTROLLED UNDER THIS  TITLE  FOR  THE
    8  PURPOSE OF HELPING SUCH PERSONS TRANSITION PATIENTS FROM PAIN MANAGEMENT
    9  SUBSTANCES  WITH  A  HIGH RISK OF ADDICTION TO PAIN MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
   10  THAT PRESENT A LOW RISK OF ADDICTION OR DO NOT INVOLVE SUBSTANCES  REGU-
   11  LATED UNDER THIS TITLE.
   12    S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   13  have become a law, provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
   14  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
   15  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
   16  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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