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Assembly Bill A7837

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs

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2013-A7837 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6725
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง19.09, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A881, S8080
2017-2018: A3074, S4326
2019-2020: A3348, S379
2021-2022: S5566
2023-2024: S4321
2025-2026: S5900

2013-A7837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs.

2013-A7837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7837

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 5, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  ARROYO, BORELLI, COOK, CROUCH,  GABRYSZAK,  GIBSON,  GUNTHER,  HIKIND,
  HOOPER,    JAFFEE,    LUPINACCI,    MAGEE,   MAISEL,   MOSLEY,   MOYA,
  PEOPLES-STOKES, RA, RIVERA, TITUS -- read once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the distribution
  of educational materials regarding the  misuse  of  and  addiction  to
  prescription drugs

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 19.09 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
  (I)  (1)  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
HEALTH, SHALL CREATE OR UTILIZE  EXISTING  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS  WHICH
SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DANGERS OF MISUSE AND THE POTEN-
TIAL FOR ADDICTION TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, TREATMENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE,
AND  THE PROPER WAY TO DISPOSE OF UNUSED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.  SUCH MATE-
RIALS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PHARMACISTS AND MAY BE DISTRIBUTED WITH
ANY PRESCRIBED DRUG THAT IS  A  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  BY  A  PHARMACIST
LICENSED  BY  THE  STATE  TO  DISPENSE  PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO THE PUBLIC
PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE OF THE EDUCATION  LAW.  THE
INFORMATION  CONTAINED  IN  SUCH  MATERIALS  SHALL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE
WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. SUCH MATERIALS SHALL
BE PROVIDED IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE
COMMISSIONERS.
  (2) UTILIZING DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, INFORMATION OBTAINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION
THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED NINE-A OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW,  THE  COMMISSIONER
SHALL  IDENTIFY THE COUNTIES IN NEW YORK STATE WHERE PRESCRIPTION OPIOID
ABUSE IS MOST PREVALENT. PHARMACISTS LICENSED BY THE STATE  TO  DISPENSE
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS MAY BE NOTIFIED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11390-01-3

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