---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires pharmacies to make reasonable attempts to notify patients of certain drug recalls"
description: "Requires pharmacies to make reasonable attempts to notify patients within seven days by phone or mail of class I drug recalls where such patients are currently taking such recalled drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 4781"
citation: "New York A 4781 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROSENTHAL D"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-10-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5244dc18-7f78-4f71-8a72-3dd024233ab2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4781"
source_hash: "e3f8c1690c3185c53ac5d2624ca07d93a52f515e8fc7b0b8b4f1f6c5e4957087"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 4781 (2019-2020) — Requires pharmacies to make reasonable attempts to notify patients of certain drug recalls

Requires pharmacies to make reasonable attempts to notify patients within seven days by phone or mail of class I drug recalls where such patients are currently taking such recalled drugs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A4781** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4781&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A4781A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4781A)
3. **A4781B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4781B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ROSENTHAL D — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-05** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-12** PRINT NUMBER 4781A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 4781B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED
- **2019-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.413
- **2019-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-30** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5091B
- **2019-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1252
- **2019-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-18** SIGNED CHAP.379 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5244dc18-7f78-4f71-8a72-3dd024233ab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).