S 3393: Requires pharmacies that are permanently discontinuing to notify customers of such discontinuance and provide information including locations of other nearby pharmacies.
The bill requires pharmacies that are permanently discontinuing operations to notify their customers of such discontinuance. Pharmacies must provide public notice at least thirty days prior to their discontinuance. This notice must be provided to customers who have filled prescriptions at the pharmacy within the year prior to discontinuance through their primary means of communication. The notice must also be conspicuously posted at or adjacent to the pharmacy where prescriptions are filled. The notification required must include the date of discontinuance, the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the five nearest pharmacies, instructions on transferring existing prescriptions, and information regarding the disposition of prescription records. The notice must be provided in writing. The bill takes effect sixty days after it becomes a law.
| Dec. 12, 2025 | SIGNED CHAP.633 |
| Dec. 08, 2025 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR |
| Jun. 16, 2025 | returned to senate |
| Jun. 16, 2025 | passed assembly |
| Jun. 16, 2025 | ordered to third reading cal.91 |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3393 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring pharmacies that are discontinuing to notify customers of such discontinuance 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 pharmacy discontinuance. 1. Every regis- 4 tered pharmacy that sells prescription drugs at retail shall provide 5 public notice at least thirty days prior to its discontinuance. Such 6 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 five nearby pharmacies, 19 provided that, to the extent possible, at least two of the listed phar- 20 macies shall be independently owned; 21 (c) instructions on transferring any existing prescriptions to another 22 pharmacy; and 23 (d) information regarding the disposition of prescription records if a 24 customer fails to transfer a prescription prior to such pharmacy's 25 discontinuance. 26 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 27 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05757-01-5