How A9010 changes current law

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the New York Consolidated Laws: Section 3331 of the public health law.

• Section 3331 of the public health law

  neuromusculoskeletal an opioid treatment With to a particular patient an opioid of each → prescription of any opioid drug which is an initial prescription for acute or chronic pain and again prior to issuing the third prescription of the course of treatment as set forth in paragraph (b) of this subdivision italics A practitioner shall discuss with the patient, or the patient's parent or guardian if the patient is under eighteen years of age and is not an emancipated minor, the risks associated with the drugs being prescribed, including but not limited to: (i) the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid drugs and the dangers of taking opioid drugs with alcohol, benzodiazepines and other central nervous system depressants; (ii) the reasons why the prescription is necessary; (iii) alternative treatments that may be available; and (iv) the risks associated with the use of the drugs being prescribed, specifically that opioids are highly addictive, even when taken as prescribed, that there is a risk of developing a physical or psycholog- ical dependence on the controlled substance, and that the risks of taking more opioids than prescribed, or mixing sedatives, benzodiaze- pines or alcohol with opioids, can result in fatal respiratory depression. (c) The department shall develop and make available to practitioners guidelines for the discussion required by this subdivision. (d) (vii) "Opioid analgesics" means the medicines buprenorphine, butorpha- nol, codeine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, levorphanol, meperidine, methadone, morphine, nalbuphine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, pentazocine, propoxyphene as well as their brand names, isomers and combinations. For opioid analgesic a calendar that is greater than a one week's supply, counsel the patient on the risks of overdose, and

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