A00228 Summary:

BILL NOA00228
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORMiller
 
COSPNSRGoodell
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add Art 2-B SS290 & 291, Pub Health L
 
Establishes the disposal of prescription drugs program, implementing a system by which pharmacies accept and dispose of any unused portions of prescription drugs prescribed to residents of this state.
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A00228 Actions:

BILL NOA00228
 
01/09/2013referred to health
01/08/2014referred to health
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A00228 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A00228 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           228
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
          disposal of prescription drugs program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new article
     2  2-B to read as follows:
     3                                  ARTICLE 2-B
     4                   DISPOSAL OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROGRAM
     5  Section 290. Definitions.
     6          291. Disposal of prescription drugs program; establishment.
     7    § 290. Definitions. 1. "Prescription drug"  or  "drug"  means  a  drug
     8  defined  in  subdivision seven of section sixty-eight hundred two of the
     9  education law, for which a prescription is required  under  the  federal
    10  food, drug and cosmetic act.
    11    2. "Pharmacy" means any place in which drugs, prescriptions or poisons
    12  are  possessed for the purpose of compounding, preserving, dispensing or

    13  retailing, or in which drugs, prescriptions or poisons  are  compounded,
    14  preserved,  dispensed or retailed, or in which such drugs, prescriptions
    15  or poisons are by advertising or otherwise offered for sale at retail.
    16    § 291. Disposal of prescription drugs program; establishment. 1. There
    17  is hereby established in the department a disposal of prescription drugs
    18  program to implement a system by which pharmacies accept and dispose  of
    19  any  unused  portions  of  prescription drugs prescribed to residents of
    20  this state.
    21    2. The commissioner is authorized  and  directed  to  promulgate  such
    22  rules  and  regulations  as are necessary to implement the provisions of
    23  this article. Such rules and regulations  shall  enable  pharmacists  to
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00982-01-3

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     1  accept and dispose of any prescription drug which is brought to them for
     2  the purpose of disposal.
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.
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