STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 825 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the dispensing of glucagon The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 279-a to read as follows: 3 § 279-a. Dispensing of glucagon. Notwithstanding any other provisions 4 of law to the contrary, a pharmacist may dispense any Food and Drug 5 Administration approved glucagon medication to an insulin using person 6 regardless if the person currently has or previously has had a 7 prescription for glucagon. 8 1. (a) A health care professional may prescribe by a patient-specific 9 or non-patient-specific prescription, dispense or distribute, directly 10 or indirectly, an order of glucagon to a glucagon recipient; 11 (b) A pharmacist may dispense an order of glucagon, through a 12 patient-specific or non-patient-specific prescription pursuant to this 13 section, to a glucagon recipient; 14 (c) The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to require a 15 prescription for any order of glucagon that does not otherwise require a 16 prescription; nor shall it be deemed to limit the authority of a health 17 care professional to prescribe, dispense or distribute, or of a pharma- 18 cist to dispense, an order of glucagon under any other provision of law, 19 provided that: 20 (i) any dispensing of glucagon under this section shall be done only 21 in accordance with a physician-approved protocol and shall specify the 22 minimum required components of any such protocol; 23 (ii) the person to whom glucagon is dispensed shall be educated by the 24 pharmacist as to the mechanism and circumstances for the administration 25 of glucagon; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00742-01-3

A. 825 2 1 (iii) a record of the dispensing of glucagon shall be made available 2 to the patient's physician and to the physician signing a protocol under 3 this subdivision, if required by the physician or physicians. 4 2. Reimbursement is the responsibility of the person obtaining the 5 glucagon consistent with the requirements of his or her health insur- 6 ance. The pharmacist shall counsel an uninsured person on any existing 7 programs that aid in access to glucagon. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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