senate Bill S9100

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the drug take back act

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  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 10, 2018 signed chap.120
Jun 28, 2018 delivered to governor
Jun 20, 2018 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.450
substituted for a9576b
referred to ways and means
Jun 19, 2018 delivered to assembly
passed senate
ordered to third reading cal.2023
Jun 16, 2018 referred to rules

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S9100 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9576
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2-B §§290 - 294, amd §3343-b, Pub Health L

S9100 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the drug take back act requiring certain manufacturers to operate a drug take back program to accept and dispose of covered drugs; provides that for any city with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more as of the last decennial census, the commissioner of health shall establish by regulation a distribution plan that ensures that on-site collection receptacle or dropbox placement shall be reasonably accessible to all residents.

S9100 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S9100 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  9100

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 16, 2018
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  HANNON, O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the  drug
  take back act

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "drug  take
back act."
  §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new article 2-B to
read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 2-B
                             DRUG TAKE BACK
SECTION 290. DEFINITIONS.
        291. DRUG TAKE BACK.
        292. COLLECTION.
        293. VIOLATIONS.
        294. JURISDICTION.
  § 290. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEAR-
LY REQUIRES OTHERWISE:
  1. "AUTHORIZED COLLECTOR" MEANS: (A) A PERSON, COMPANY, CORPORATION OR
OTHER ENTITY THAT IS REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES DRUG  ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION TO COLLECT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF SAFE
DISPOSAL AND DESTRUCTION; (B) A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; OR (C) A PERSON,
COMPANY,  CORPORATION  OR  OTHER  ENTITY AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO
PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE COLLECTION METHODS FOR COVERED DRUGS  THAT  ARE  NOT
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
  2.  "COVERED  DRUG"  MEANS ANY SUBSTANCE RECOGNIZED AS A DRUG UNDER 21
USC § 321(G)(1), AS AMENDED, AND ANY REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  THEREUNDER
THAT  IS  SOLD,  OFFERED  FOR  SALE  OR  DISPENSED IN THE STATE, WHETHER
DIRECTLY OR THROUGH A WHOLESALER, IN ANY FORM INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION AND
NONPRESCRIPTION  DRUGS,  DRUGS  IN  MEDICAL  DEVICES   AND   COMBINATION
PRODUCTS, BRAND AND GENERIC DRUGS AND DRUGS FOR VETERINARY USE; PROVIDED
HOWEVER,  COVERED  DRUG  SHALL NOT INCLUDE: (A) VITAMINS OR SUPPLEMENTS;
(B) HERBAL-BASED REMEDIES AND HOMEOPATHIC DRUGS, PRODUCTS  OR  REMEDIES;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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