Bill Text: NY S08189 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the substitution of brand name epinephrine autoinjectors with generic epinephrine autoinjectors provided that the prescriber does not prohibit substitution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-09-02 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08189 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S08189-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8189
                    IN SENATE
                                    September 2, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  substitution  of
          brand  name epinephrine autoinjectors with generic epinephrine autoin-
          jectors for dispensation by pharmacists
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 6816-a of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision two of this section  or  any  other
     4  section  of  law  to  the contrary, when a patient is prescribed a brand
     5  name epinephrine autoinjector, a pharmacist  may  substitute  a  generic
     6  epinephrine  autoinjector containing the same active ingredients, dosage
     7  form and strength as the  brand  name  product  prescribed,  ordered  or
     8  demanded, provided that the prescriber does not prohibit substitution.
     9    (b)  For purposes of this subdivision "epinephrine autoinjector" means
    10  a medical device for injecting a measured dose or doses  of  epinephrine
    11  (adrenaline) by means of autoinjector technology.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16053-02-6