Assembly Bill A2133A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of certain medical solution containers

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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Bill Amendments

2025-A2133 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 37 Title 8 §§37-0801 & 37-0803, En Con L

2025-A2133 - Summary

Prohibits the sale of certain medical solution containers containing PVC, DEHP or unintentionally added DEHP.

2025-A2133 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2133
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the  sale  of  intravenous  solution containers made with
   intentionally added DEHP

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 37 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new title 8 to read as follows:
                                TITLE VIII
                      INTRAVENOUS SOLUTION CONTAINERS
 SECTION 37-0801. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
         37-0803. DEFINITIONS.
         37-0805. INTRAVENOUS SOLUTION CONTAINER.
 § 37-0801. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
   THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   1.  DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL)  PHTHALATE  (DEHP) AND OTHER ORTHO-PHTHALATES ARE
 TOXIC CHEMICALS.
   2. THEY ARE USED PRIMARILY TO PRODUCE FLEXIBILITY IN PLASTICS,  MAINLY
 POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC).
   3.  THIS  INCLUDES DEHP, THE MOST COMMON 'PLASTICIZER' USED IN MEDICAL
 DEVICES, INCLUDING INTRAVENOUS SOLUTION  CONTAINERS  (IV  BAGS)  AND  IV
 TUBING.
   4.  OVER THE COURSE OF ITS SHELF LIFE, DEHP LEACHES OUT OF THE PLASTIC
 INTO THE SOLUTION BEING HELD IN THE CONTAINER.
   5. DEHP IS CLASSIFIED AS AN ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING COMPOUND, MEANING  IT
 CAN  INTERFERE  WITH  THE  HORMONAL SYSTEM IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS. IT CAN
 MIMIC OR BLOCK THE ACTIONS OF HORMONES, LEADING TO  ADVERSE  EFFECTS  ON
 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND METABOLISM.
   6.  STUDIES  HAVE SUGGESTED A POTENTIAL LINK BETWEEN DEHP EXPOSURE AND
 CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER, INCLUDING BREAST, LIVER, LUNG,  AND  TESTICULAR

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02500-01-5

2025-A2133A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 37 Title 8 §§37-0801 & 37-0803, En Con L

2025-A2133A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of certain medical solution containers containing PVC, DEHP or unintentionally added DEHP.

2025-A2133A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2133--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the  sale  of  medical solution containers made with PVC,
   intentionally added DEHP, and establishes acceptable limits for  unin-
   tentionally added DEHP
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 37 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new title 8 to read as follows:
                                TITLE VIII
                        MEDICAL SOLUTION CONTAINERS
 SECTION 37-0801. DEFINITIONS.
         37-0803. MEDICAL SOLUTION CONTAINERS.
 § 37-0801. DEFINITIONS.
   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   1. "DEHP" MEANS DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE.
   2. "INTENTIONALLY ADDED DEHP"  MEANS  DEHP  THAT  A  MANUFACTURER  HAS
 INTENTIONALLY  ADDED  TO  AN  INTRAVENOUS  OR  OTHER  SPECIFIED  MEDICAL
 SOLUTION CONTAINER OR MEDICAL TUBING PRODUCT AND THAT HAS  A  FUNCTIONAL
 OR TECHNICAL EFFECT ON THE PRODUCT.
   3.  "MEDICAL SOLUTION CONTAINER" MEANS A CONTAINER USED TO HOUSE MEDI-
 CINE, FLUID, OR NUTRITION THERAPY THAT IS ADMINISTERED INTRAVENOUSLY  OR
 THROUGH  THE  MOUTH, NOSE, STOMACH OR INTESTINES TO PATIENTS IN A HOSPI-
 TAL, OUTPATIENT, OR OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITY.
   4. "MEDICAL TUBING" MEANS ANY TUBING USED TO ADMINISTER FLUIDS,  MEDI-
 CATION, OR NUTRIENTS DIRECTLY TO AN ADULT, CHILD, OR INFANT, INCLUDING:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02500-06-5
 A. 2133--A                          2

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