Bill Text: NY A10448 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows pharmacies to electronically transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-28 - signed chap.468 [A10448 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A10448-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10448 IN ASSEMBLY May 27, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation to allowing pharmacies to electronically transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 281 of the public health law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 3 3-a. A pharmacy that receives an electronic prescription from the 4 person issuing the prescription may, if the prescription has not been 5 dispensed and at the request of the patient or a person authorized to 6 make the request on behalf of the patient, immediately transfer or 7 forward such prescription to an alternative pharmacy designated by the 8 requesting party. 9 § 2. Section 6810 of the education law is amended by adding a new 10 subdivision 10-a to read as follows: 11 10-a. A pharmacy that receives an electronic prescription from the 12 person issuing the prescription may, if the prescription has not been 13 dispensed and at the request of the patient or a person authorized to 14 make the request on behalf of the patient, immediately transfer or 15 forward such prescription to an alternative pharmacy designated by the 16 requesting party. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15146-04-6