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S 4587: Provides the prescription label for mifepristone or misoprostol may include the address of the dispensing health care practice and shall include the address of the prescribing health care practice at the prescriber's request; provides that a health care prescriber shall inform a patient if such prescriber has included or has requested to include the name or address of the prescribing health care practice instead of the name of such prescriber on the prescription label when prescribing mifepristone or misoprostol.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified July 2, 2025

What S 4587 does, verified July 2, 2025

The bill aims to update the labeling of prescription medications containing mifepristone and misoprostol. The updated labels can include the name or address of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser. Patients will be notified if the prescriber has included their healthcare practice's name or address on the prescription label. The changes will take effect on the same date as a separate bill that proposes these updates.

Bill journey
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Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A5285 (2025-03-10)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4587
What is the current status of S 4587?
As of July 2, 2025, S 4587 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on March 10, 2025, was "SUBSTITUTED BY A5285".
Did S 4587 pass?
Not yet. S 4587 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote S 4587, and where is it now?
S 4587 was authored by Sen. Shelley Mayer with 1 coauthor.
Recent actions3 total · showing 3
Mar. 10, 2025SUBSTITUTED BY A5285
Mar. 04, 2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.447
Feb. 07, 2025REFERRED TO RULES
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 7, 2025 · 443 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4587 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 7, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation to prescription labels for mifepristone and misoprostol The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph b-1 of subdivision 1 of section 6807 of the 2 education law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the 3 education law relating to the labeling of mifepristone, misoprostol, and 4 their generic alternatives, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5 36-A and A. 2145-A, is amended to read as follows: 6 b-1. Notwithstanding paragraph b of this section, the prescription 7 label for mifepristone[,] or misoprostol[, and their generic alterna- 8 tives] may include the name or address of the dispensing health care 9 practice instead of the name of the dispenser. 10 § 2. Subdivision 1-a of section 6810 of the education law, as added by 11 a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the education law relating to the 12 labeling of mifepristone, misoprostol, and their generic alternatives, 13 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 36-A and A. 2145-A, is 14 amended to read as follows: 15 1-a. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, at the 16 prescriber's request, the prescription label for mifepristone[,] or 17 misoprostol[, and their generic alternatives may] shall include the name 18 or address of the prescribing health care practice instead of the name 19 of the prescriber. 20 § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 280-d to 21 read as follows: 22 § 280-d. Patient notification of prescription label change. A health 23 care prescriber shall inform the patient if such prescriber has included 24 or has requested to include the name or address of the prescribing EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09082-01-5 

 S. 4587 2 1 health care practice instead of the name of such prescriber on the 2 prescription label when prescribing mifepristone or misoprostol. 3 § 4. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 4 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the education law 5 relating to the labeling of mifepristone, misoprostol, and their generic 6 alternatives, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 36-A and A. 7 2145-A, takes effect. 

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