S493 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; requires that for the first opioid analgesic prescription of a calendar year the prescribing physician shall counsel the patient on the risks of overdose.
- Title
- Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Health
- Introduced
- 2024-12-31
- Same as
- A3116
- Law section
- Public Health Law
Sponsors
- Nathalia Fernandez State Senator, District 34
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Health NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A3116 (2025-26 session) NY State bill