---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the administration of certain medications by a pharmacist"
description: "Relates to the administration of certain medications by a pharmacist; requires the administering pharmacist to notify the prescribing physician of the administration of the medication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6779"
citation: "New York A 6779 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John T. McDonald III"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-08"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cdeed7e-905f-47ae-b08e-f8171e35c90f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6779"
source_hash: "31f8d7c2975f3a2cdd3fd408f508fa46eaf2339474075178434c46c98d466d8b"
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 6779 (2023-2024) — Relates to the administration of certain medications by a pharmacist

Relates to the administration of certain medications by a pharmacist; requires the administering pharmacist to notify the prescribing physician of the administration of the medication.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6779&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A6779A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A6779A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John T. McDonald III — primary (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 6779A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** REPORTED
- **2023-05-30** RULES REPORT CAL.391
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.391
- **2023-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-31** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6337A
- **2023-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1686
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.746 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cdeed7e-905f-47ae-b08e-f8171e35c90f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).