Bill Text: NY S05867 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires a practitioner to consider and prescribe non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - PRINT NUMBER 5867B [S05867 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05867-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5867--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to consideration and prescription of non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3331 of the public health law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 3 9. (a) When a patient seeks treatment for any neuromusculoskeletal 4 condition that causes pain, where a practitioner considers an opioid 5 treatment, the practitioner shall consider, discuss with the patient, 6 and, as appropriate, refer or prescribe non-opioid treatment alterna- 7 tives, based on the practitioner's clinical judgment and following 8 generally accepted national professional or treatment guidelines, and 9 consistent with patient preference and consent, before starting a 10 patient on opioid treatment. For the purposes of this subdivision, non- 11 opioid treatment alternatives include, but are not limited to: acupunc- 12 ture, chiropractic, massage therapy, physical therapy, occupational 13 therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, non-opioid medications, interven- 14 tional treatments and non-clinical activities such as exercise. The 15 practitioner shall inform the patient that some treatments may not be 16 covered by the patient's health coverage. 17 (b) The requirements of this subdivision shall not apply for patients 18 being treated under any of the following circumstances: treatment of 19 cancer; hospice or other end-of-life care; post-surgery treatment imme- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11730-03-0S. 5867--B 2 1 diately following a surgical procedure; or in a medical emergency. For 2 purposes of this subdivision, "medical emergency" means an acute injury 3 or illness that poses an immediate risk to a person's life or health. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.