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NY to vote on electronic drug prescriptions bill
Aimed at reducing painkiller abuse
Updated: Monday, 11 Jun 2012, 4:57 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 11 Jun 2012, 4:57 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York lawmakers are expected to approve legislation requiring doctors to issue drug prescriptions electronically within three years.
Part of a broad measure to curtail abuse of prescription painkillers, it would require the health department to publish regulations by Dec. 31 for electronic prescriptions for state-listed controlled substances. Doctors would have to transmit electronically to pharmacists within two years.
Sponsors say it will ensure prescriptions, still frequently written on paper, won't be altered or misinterpreted.
The bill follows last week's agreement among top lawmakers, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
It would require pharmacists to immediately report filling painkiller prescriptions, including the patient and prescriber names, and require doctors to check patient records before writing new ones.
Bills are heading to floor votes after committee approvals Monday.
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