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A07460 Summary:

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A07460 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A7460
 
SPONSOR: Braunstein

 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
labeling prescription bottles of opioids
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
This bill will require manufacturers and software companies that prepare
labels for prescription drugs, which are approved by the state, to
contain a warning regarding the addictive properties of opioid drugs.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 - amends subdivision 2 of section 3333 of the Public Health
Law to add a new paragraph (d) providing that a new warning must be
added to labels of opioid drugs -- "Warning. This drug is highly addic-
tive. Please consult your pharmacist or physician before using."
 
Section 2 - provides that this act shall take effect ninety days after
it shall have become law, and provides that any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
The social and personal cost of opioid addiction is a critical issue for
New York State, and indeed for the entire country.  This bill simply
provides a clear warning to patients that have been prescribed opioid
drugs that the over-use of these drugs can lead to addiction. Hopefully
such warning will help patients to be careful not to utilize these drugs
any more than is absolutely necessary.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2016 -A.10356/ S.7839 - Referred to Health.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

A07460 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7460
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 26, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to  labeling
          prescription bottles of opioids
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3333 of the public health  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d)  In  addition to the other requirements of this subdivision, where
     4  the controlled substance being dispensed is an opioid,  there  shall  be
     5  affixed to the container a label upon which is indelibly typed, printed,
     6  or  otherwise  legibly written "Warning.  This drug is highly addictive.
     7  Please consult your pharmacist or physician before using."
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     9  have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
    10  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    11  of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
    12  completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10828-01-7