Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A9883A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to disposal sites operated by pharmacies

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2015-A9883 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3343-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A387

2015-A9883 - Summary

Relates to disposal sites operated by pharmacies.

2015-A9883 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9883

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 22, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  disposal  sites
  operated by pharmacies

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 3343-b of the public  health  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  379  of the laws of 2015, is amended and a new
subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
  3. Disposal sites shall be operated by law enforcement agencies, phar-
macies THAT DO NOT MEET THE DEFINITION OF "CHAIN PHARMACY" AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, and  other  Federal  Drug  Enforcement
Administration  authorized  collectors  on a voluntary basis. Nothing in
this section shall require any political subdivision  of  the  state  to
participate in the program established in this section.
  4.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CHAIN PHARMACY" SHALL MEAN ANY
PHARMACY THAT IS PART OF A GROUP OF FOUR OR  MORE  ESTABLISHMENTS  THAT:
(A)  CONDUCT BUSINESS UNDER THE SAME BUSINESS NAME, OR (B) OPERATE UNDER
COMMON OWNERSHIP OR MANAGEMENT OR PURSUANT TO A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH
THE SAME FRANCHISOR. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE ANY  CHAIN  PHARMACY
OPERATING  IN  THE  STATE  TO  OPERATE  A  SAFE DISPOSAL SITE FOR UNUSED
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION  AND  FEDERAL  LAW
AND REGULATIONS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14302-01-6

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2015-A9883A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3343-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A387

2015-A9883A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to disposal sites operated by pharmacies.

2015-A9883A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 9883--A
                                                        Cal. No. 625

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 22, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, MOSLEY, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A.  WALKER -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Health  --  reported  from  committee,  advanced  to  a third reading,
  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  on  the  order  of
  third reading

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to disposal sites
  operated by pharmacies

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 3343-b of the public health law,
as amended by chapter 379 of the laws of 2015,  is  amended  and  a  new
subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
  3. Disposal sites shall be operated by law enforcement agencies, phar-
macies THAT DO NOT MEET THE DEFINITION OF "CHAIN PHARMACY" AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS  SECTION, and other Federal Drug Enforcement
Administration authorized collectors on a voluntary  basis.  Nothing  in
this  section  shall  require  any political subdivision of the state to
participate in the program established in this section.
  4. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CHAIN PHARMACY" SHALL  MEAN  ANY
PHARMACY  THAT  IS  PART OF A GROUP OF FOUR OR MORE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT:
(A) CONDUCT BUSINESS UNDER THE SAME BUSINESS NAME, OR (B) OPERATE  UNDER
COMMON OWNERSHIP OR MANAGEMENT OR PURSUANT TO A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH
THE  SAME  FRANCHISOR. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE ANY CHAIN PHARMACY
OPERATING IN THE STATE TO  OPERATE  A  SAFE  DISPOSAL  SITE  FOR  UNUSED
CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCES  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION AND FEDERAL LAW
AND REGULATIONS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have  become
law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14302-02-6

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.