What's happening
This bill requires the creation and free distribution of a multilingual drug guide for seniors, explaining common medications and interactions.
Why it matters
Addresses medication safety for seniors. by providing clear, accessible information on drug purposes, functions, common interactions, and the risks of mixing medications with alcohol, aiming to reduce dangerous or unintended health outcomes.
Prioritizes accessibility and inclusivity. by making the guide available in the six most common non-English languages spoken in New York, and requiring large, easy-to-read print, helping to overcome language and vision barriers common among older adults.
Empowers seniors and caregivers. with up-to-date, reliable information, enabling more informed conversations with healthcare providers and potentially reducing medication errors or adverse effects.
Mandates regular updates. to the guide to ensure that information remains accurate and relevant as new drugs become common or new risks are identified, reflecting ongoing changes in medical practice and public health.
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Who cares
People over age 62
The bill would provide a guide explaining commonly used drugs, common drug interactions and the effects of combining medications with alcohol.
State Board of Pharmacy and Department of Health
The board would work with the director to prepare the guide, with the department consulted and production subject to available appropriations.
Designated agencies serving seniors
These agencies would distribute the guide without charge, with requests for more than ten copies subject to a reasonable reproduction and handling fee.
Seniors who use languages other than English
The bill would require the guide to be available in the six most common languages other than English.
Headline styles
Create Senior Drug Guide
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
16 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to aging
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.733
- Reported
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to aging
- Referred to aging
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Create Senior Drug Guide
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
633
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, M. G. MILLER, COLTON, OTIS, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HOOPER, LOPEZ, PERRY, SEPULVEDA -read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to creating and distributing a drug guide for senior consumers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 224 to read as follows:
§ 224. Senior drug guide. The director, in conjunction with the state board of pharmacy, and after consultation with the department of health, shall, within amounts made available by appropriation therefor, prepare and publish a guide explaining the purpose, function, and common drug interactions of drugs commonly used by persons over the age of sixtytwo. The guide shall also include the effects of combining such medications with alcohol consumption. Prominently written in at least fourteen point type on the first page of the guide shall be the following caution: "Do not begin taking, stop taking, or alter your dosage of any medications without consulting your doctor or other healthcare practitioner." The director shall take such actions as shall be necessary and appropriate to make such guide available on their website and without charge through designated agencies, as such term is defined in section two hundred fourteen of this title, and in the six most common languages other than English. Requests for more than ten copies shall be subject to a reasonable charge to cover the cost of reproduction and handling. This guide shall be updated as needed to maintain accuracy and relevancy of the information contained therein.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00350-01-7
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