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Provides for physician ranking for opiate prescriptions on a county by county basis
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
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BILL NUMBER:S4812
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to physician ranking for opiate prescriptions
Purpose
Provides for physician ranking for opiate prescriptions on a county by county basis.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends Section 3343-a of the public health law by adding a new subdivision 2-a.
Section 2: Establishes the effective date.
Justification
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2013, 207 million prescriptions were written for opioid pain medications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that more than half of all drug overdose deaths were due to pharmaceuticals. Providing prescribers with the total number of opiate prescriptions they have written and their rankings over the previous calendar year will give prescribers a better understanding of the frequency with which they prescribe opiates relative to other prescribers in the county. In July 2013, the State of Tennessee implemented a similar program by notifying the top 50 prescribers of opiates of their ranking and asking for additional information on prescribing practices. Among that group, the number of prescriptions for opiates decreased.
The information needed to provide prescribers with this notice is currently collected through the Prescription Monitoring Program Registry, and will require no additional data collection by the State
Legislative history
This is a new bill
Fiscal implications
Minimal to the State
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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