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    Assemblymember Aravella Simotas called on the New York State Department of Health to allow electronic transmission of prescriptions for controlled substances such as OxyContin. Simotas said this would make it harder for drug dealers and addicts to forge or steal paper prescriptions while giving law enforcement more tools to track prescription drug abuse. She noted that electronic prescriptions could be tracked in a database for irregularities and eliminate the problem of stolen paper prescriptions. Simotas reached out to the DOH after speaking with pharmacy owners who reported ongoing issues with forged or stolen paper prescriptions from addicts and dealers.

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    Assemblymember Aravella Simotas called on the New York State Department of Health to allow electronic transmission of prescriptions for controlled substances such as OxyContin. Simotas said this would make it harder for drug dealers and addicts to forge or steal paper prescriptions while giving law enforcement more tools to track prescription drug abuse. She noted that electronic prescriptions could be tracked in a database for irregularities and eliminate the problem of stolen paper prescriptions. Simotas reached out to the DOH after speaking with pharmacy owners who reported ongoing issues with forged or stolen paper prescriptions from addicts and dealers.

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    Assemblymember Aravella Simotas called on the New York State Department of Health to allow electronic transmission of prescriptions for controlled substances such as OxyContin. Simotas said this would make it harder for drug dealers and addicts to forge or steal paper prescriptions while giving law enforcement more tools to track prescription drug abuse. She noted that electronic prescriptions could be tracked in a database for irregularities and eliminate the problem of stolen paper prescriptions. Simotas reached out to the DOH after speaking with pharmacy owners who reported ongoing issues with forged or stolen paper prescriptions from addicts and dealers.

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    1.15.12 Escripts For CS

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    Assemblymember Aravella Simotas called on the New York State Department of Health to allow electronic transmission of prescriptions for controlled substances such as OxyContin. Simotas said this would make it harder for drug dealers and addicts to forge or steal paper prescriptions while giving law enforcement more tools to track prescription drug abuse. She noted that electronic prescriptions could be tracked in a database for irregularities and eliminate the problem of stolen paper prescriptions. Simotas reached out to the DOH after speaking with pharmacy owners who reported ongoing issues with forged or stolen paper prescriptions from addicts and dealers.

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    NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY OFFICE OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER ARAVELLA SIMOTAS For Immediate Release January 15, 2012 Contact:

    Loren Amor, 718-545-3889

    Simotas Calls for Change to Prescription Regulations


    Says allowing e-prescriptions for controlled substances would help businesses, law enforcement ASTORIA, NY Assemblymember Aravella Simotas today called on the New York State Department of Health (DOH) to allow the electronic transmission of prescriptions for controlled substances. Simotas said that the regulatory change would make it more difficult for drug dealers and addicts to forge or steal paper prescriptions for drugs such as the pain-relieving opiate OxyContin while providing law enforcement with more tools to track abuse. By allowing doctors, pharmacies and hospitals to use modern technology to prescribe and dispense controlled substances, New York State will impede a favored method of those who seek to illegally use and sell certain prescription drugs, Simotas said. Simotas called for the change in a letter to DOH Commissioner Nirav Shah. She noted that state law already permits electronic prescriptions for controlled substances, but only DOH can authorize the practice through regulation. Electronic prescribing would permit the use of a database to track the prescription of controlled substances and observe any irregularities that might be indicative of abuse, Simotas wrote. Further, electronic transmission of prescriptions would eliminate the issue of theft of paper prescriptions. Simotas reached out to DOH following conversations with local pharmacy owners and employees who reported an ongoing problem with addicts and dealers coming into their stores with forged or stolen paper prescriptions, as well as prescriptions provided by a small number of unscrupulous doctors. The pharmacy workers said that if the regulation were changed they would implement a policy of only accepting electronically submitted prescriptions for controlled

    substances, making it easier for them to deny dispensing drugs to individuals who intend to use them illegally. Allowing electronic prescriptions would also reduce paperwork and make it easier to integrate prescription records with other medical records. This would increase efficiency and lead to the reduction of wait times for patients and pharmacy customers. In her letter, Simotas pointed out that the federal Drug Enforcement Administration recently passed regulation permitting the use of and outlining protocols for the electronic prescription of controlled substance. New York State, the legislator said, should follow suit. ###

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