What's happening
This bill limits initial opioid prescriptions for acute pain to seven days for those 20 and older, and three days for those 19 and younger.
Why it matters
Aims to reduce the risk of opioid misuse and addiction. by sharply restricting the quantity of opioids that can be initially prescribed, especially for younger patients who are at higher risk for developing substance use disorders.
Places greater responsibility on prescribers. to carefully assess and justify ongoing opioid use for acute pain, since any prescription beyond the initial limited supply requires a follow-up consultation.
Differentiates based on patient age. by imposing a stricter three-day limit for those 19 and under, signaling a recognition of the heightened vulnerability of young people to opioid exposure and the potential for long-term harm.
May encourage alternative pain management strategies. and promote more frequent patient-provider communication, potentially leading to safer, more individualized care and better monitoring of patient outcomes.
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Who cares
Patients age 19 or younger with acute pain
The bill would limit their initial prescription for a Schedule II, III or IV opioid to a three-day supply.
Practitioners prescribing opioids
They would need to apply age-based limits at the initial acute-pain consultation, with a seven-day cap for patients age 20 or older and a three-day cap for younger patients.
Patients needing continued pain treatment
The bill would preserve practitioners’ ability to issue appropriate renewals, refills or new prescriptions at subsequent consultations for the same pain.
Headline styles
Limit Opioid Prescriptions for Pain
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 108
History
- Referred to health
- Print number 3820a
- Amend (t) and recommit to health
- Referred to health
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.
Limit Opioid Prescriptions for Pain
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Gustavo Rivera
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3820--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, ORTIZ, MONTESANO, FRIEND, JAFFEE, JONES, BARRON, LUPARDO, D'URSO, WALLACE, SEAWRIGHT, SANTABARBARA, STECK, GALEF, FAHY, CAHILL, BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to limiting the initial prescription of a controlled substance for the alleviation of acute pain to a seven-day supply for users twenty years of age or older and to a three-day supply for users nineteen years of age or younger
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 3331 of the public health law, as added by section 1 of part C of chapter 71 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, a practitioner, within the scope of his or her professional opinion or discretion, may not prescribe more than a seven-day supply of any schedule II, III, or IV opioid to an ultimate user who is twenty years of age or older, or more than a three-day supply of any schedule II, III, or IV opioid to an ultimate user who is nineteen years of age or younger upon the initial consultation or treatment of such user for acute pain. Upon any subsequent consultations for the same pain, the practitioner may issue, in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subdivision, any appropriate renewal, refill, or new prescription for the opioid or any other drug.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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