| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 15, 2014 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7436
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
2013-S7436 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง3306, Pub Health L
2013-S7436 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7436
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
designating hydrocodone bitartrate as a schedule I controlled substance
PURPOSE: To designate hydrocodone bitartrate (also known as Zohydro ER)
as a schedule I controlled substance.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision (b) of schedule I of section 3306 of the public
health law is amended by adding a new paragraph 56, which includes
hydrocodone bitartrate in the list of controlled substances.
Section 2. Subparagraph 10 of paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of schedule
II of section 3306 of the public health law, as amended by section 1 of
part C of chapter 447 of the laws of 2012, is amended to differentiate
hydrocodone (also known as dihydrocodeinone) from hydrocodone bitar-
trate.
Section 3 sets forth the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: Hydrocodone bitartrate extended release capsules (also
known as Zohydro ER) were approved in October, 2013 by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) for the management of pain. Zohydro ER is the
first single-entity prescription pain drug, meaning not combined with an
2013-S7436 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7436
I N S E N A T E
May 15, 2014
___________
Introduced by Sens. LANZA, GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to designating hydro-
codone bitartrate as a schedule I controlled substance
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (b) of schedule I of section 3306 of the public
health law is amended by adding a new paragraph 56 to read as follows:
(56) HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE.
S 2. Subparagraph 10 of paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of schedule II
of section 3306 of the public health law, as amended by section 1 of
part C of chapter 447 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
follows:
10. Hydrocodone (also known as dihydrocodeinone), BUT NOT INCLUDING
HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14976-01-4
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