 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6644
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 14, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to allowed opioid
          prescription amounts
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 3331 of the public health law, as
     2  amended by section 1 of part C of chapter 71 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    5. (a) No more than a thirty day supply or, pursuant to regulations of
     5  the  commissioner  enumerating  conditions  warranting specified greater
     6  supplies, no more than a three month supply of a schedule II, III or  IV
     7  substance, as determined by the directed dosage and frequency of dosage,
     8  may be dispensed by an authorized practitioner at one time.
     9    (b)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
    10  sion, a practitioner, within the scope of his or her professional  opin-
    11  ion  or  discretion,  may not prescribe more than a seven-day supply, or
    12  the morphine milligram equivalent of a seven-day supply, of any schedule
    13  II, III, or IV opioid to an ultimate user upon the initial  consultation
    14  or  treatment of such user for acute pain. Upon any subsequent consulta-
    15  tions for the same pain, the practitioner may issue, in accordance  with
    16  paragraph  (a)  of this subdivision, any appropriate renewal, refill, or
    17  new prescription for the opioid or any other drug.
    18    (c) For the purposes of this  subdivision,  "acute  pain"  shall  mean
    19  pain,  whether resulting from disease, accidental or intentional trauma,
    20  or other cause, that the practitioner reasonably expects to last only  a
    21  short  period  of  time.  Such term shall not include chronic pain, pain
    22  being treated as part of cancer care, hospice or other end-of-life care,
    23  or pain being treated as part of palliative care practices.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10580-01-9
Relates to allowed opioid prescription amounts

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