Senator Bradley Hoylman (D) introduced S 7320 legislation which would expand pharmacists’ authority to administer COVID immunizations down to age two. No hearing has been scheduled yet.
Also in New York, the NYS Department of Health held a webinar to update the pharmacy stakeholders on implementation of a single statewide formulary for opioid dependence agents and opioid antagonists effective October 1, 2021. The full presentation will be available on the Department of Health Website within the week. The Department of Health highlighted that a single formulary would provide consistent same rules for all Medicaid programs both FFS and MC for these categories of drugs.
For more information, please contact NACDS’ Ben Pearlman at 617-515-2603.