S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3906
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 21, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 classifying gaba-
pentin as a controlled substance
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3371 of the public health law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
(D) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, GABAPENTIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3343-a of the public health law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
(E) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, GABAPENTIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date upon which it shall have become a law; provided that the
amendment to subdivision 2 of section 3371 of the public health law made
by section one of this act shall survive the expiration and reversion of
such section as provided in section 12 of chapter 90 of the laws of
2014, as amended. Effective immediately the addition, amendment or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00590-01-9