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A02278 Summary:

BILL NOA02278A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S03393-A
 
SPONSORRosenthal
 
COSPNSRSantabarbara
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §6811-d, Ed L
 
Requires pharmacies that are permanently discontinuing to notify customers of such discontinuance and provide information including locations of other nearby pharmacies.
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A02278 Actions:

BILL NOA02278A
 
01/16/2025referred to higher education
04/02/2025reported
04/03/2025advanced to third reading cal.91
04/07/2025substituted by s3393
 S03393 AMEND=A GOUNARDES
 01/27/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH
 02/12/20251ST REPORT CAL.356
 02/24/20252ND REPORT CAL.
 02/25/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
 02/26/2025PASSED SENATE
 02/26/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
 02/26/2025referred to higher education
 04/07/2025substituted for a2278
 04/07/2025ordered to third reading cal.91
 06/05/2025substitution reconsidered
 06/05/2025referred to higher education
 06/09/2025RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
 06/09/2025returned to senate
 06/09/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
 06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3393A
 06/12/2025REPASSED SENATE
 06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
 06/12/2025referred to higher education
 06/16/2025substituted for a2278a
 06/16/2025ordered to third reading cal.91
 06/16/2025passed assembly
 06/16/2025returned to senate
 06/05/2025substitution reconsidered
 06/05/2025restored to third reading
 06/05/2025amended on third reading (t) 2278a
 06/16/2025substituted by s3393a
  S03393 AMEND=A GOUNARDES
  01/27/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH
  02/12/20251ST REPORT CAL.356
  02/24/20252ND REPORT CAL.
  02/25/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  02/26/2025PASSED SENATE
  02/26/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  02/26/2025referred to higher education
  04/07/2025substituted for a2278
  04/07/2025ordered to third reading cal.91
  06/05/2025substitution reconsidered
  06/05/2025referred to higher education
  06/09/2025RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
  06/09/2025returned to senate
  06/09/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
  06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3393A
  06/12/2025REPASSED SENATE
  06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  06/12/2025referred to higher education
  06/16/2025substituted for a2278a
  06/16/2025ordered to third reading cal.91
  06/16/2025passed assembly
  06/16/2025returned to senate
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A02278 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2278--A
                                                                 Cal. No. 91
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 16, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred
          to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  -- reported from committee,
          advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,  retaining
          its place on the order of third reading

        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring pharmacies
          that are permanently discontinuing to notify customers of such discon-
          tinuance
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6811-d
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 6811-d. Notification of permanent pharmacy discontinuance.  1. Every
     4  registered  pharmacy  that  sells  prescription  drugs  at  retail shall
     5  provide public notice at  least  thirty  days  prior  to  its  permanent
     6  discontinuance. Such notice shall:
     7    (a)  be  provided, to the extent possible, to customers who have had a
     8  prescription filled at the pharmacy within the year prior to its discon-
     9  tinuance through the customer's primary means of communication with such
    10  pharmacy; and
    11    (b) be conspicuously posted at or adjacent to the place in the pharma-
    12  cy where prescriptions are presented for compounding and dispensing,  in
    13  the  waiting  area for customers, or the area where prescribed drugs are
    14  dispensed.
    15    2. The notification required  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of  this
    16  section shall include, but not be limited to:
    17    (a) the date of such pharmacy's discontinuance;
    18    (b)  the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the five nearest phar-
    19  macies, including independently owned pharmacies, if applicable;
    20    (c) instructions on transferring any existing prescriptions to another
    21  pharmacy; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05757-02-5

        A. 2278--A                          2
 
     1    (d) information regarding the disposition of prescription records if a
     2  customer fails to transfer  a  prescription  prior  to  such  pharmacy's
     3  discontinuance.
     4    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law.
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