What's happening
This bill requires death certificates for opioid overdose deaths to include all prescribed pain management medications, such as gabapentin.
Why it matters
Broadens the information collected on overdose deaths. by requiring death certificates to include not just the opioid responsible, but also any prescribed pain management medications (such as gabapentin), which may contribute to or interact with opioid toxicity.
Could help public health officials and researchers better understand patterns of polypharmacy. (the use of multiple medications) in overdose deaths, potentially identifying dangerous drug combinations and informing future prescribing guidelines or interventions.
May impact prescribers and pharmacies. by increasing scrutiny on the role of non-opioid pain management drugs in overdose deaths, potentially leading to changes in prescription monitoring, patient counseling, or regulatory oversight.
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List Pain Meds on Death Certificates
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 108
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History
- Referred to health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
9574
IN ASSEMBLY
January 24, 2020
Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including pain management medications on a death certificate where a death is caused by an opioid overdose
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 443 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
(d) Where a death is caused by an opioid overdose, such information shall be indicated on the certificate, including, if known to the person completing the death certificate, the specific opioid that caused the death of the decedent and any other pain management medications, including but not limited to gabapentin, that the decedent was prescribed, along with any other related information as the commissioner may require.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14287-01-9
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