Assembly Bill A5737

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases penalties for the crimes of criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions and criminal sale of a prescription

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

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2019-A5737 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§178.10, 178.15, 178.20, 178.25 & 220.65, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9033
2013-2014: A5767
2015-2016: A3931
2017-2018: A3089, A10664
2021-2022: A5650
2023-2024: A4194

2019-A5737 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties for the crimes of criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in the first, second, third and fourth degrees and criminal sale of a prescription.

2019-A5737 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5737
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing  penalties  for
   the  crimes  of  criminal  diversion  of  prescription medications and
   prescriptions in the first, second, third and fourth degrees and crim-
   inal sale of a prescription

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The closing paragraph of section 178.10 of the penal law,
 as added by chapter 81 of the laws  of  1995,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Criminal  diversion  of  prescription medications and prescriptions in
 the fourth degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY.
   § 2. The closing paragraph of section 178.15  of  the  penal  law,  as
 added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   Criminal  diversion  of  prescription medications and prescriptions in
 the third degree is a class [E] D felony.
   § 3. The closing paragraph of section 178.20  of  the  penal  law,  as
 added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   Criminal  diversion  of  prescription medications and prescriptions in
 the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
   § 4. The closing paragraph of section 178.25  of  the  penal  law,  as
 added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   Criminal  diversion  of  prescription medications and prescriptions in
 the first degree is a class [C] B felony.
   § 5. The closing paragraph of section 220.65  of  the  penal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  31  of  the  laws  of  2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   Criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled  substance  or  of  a
 controlled  substance  by  a practitioner or pharmacist is a class [C] B
 felony.
   § 6. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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