A03074 Summary:

BILL NOA03074A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04326
 
SPONSORCymbrowitz (MS)
 
COSPNSRCrespo, Cusick, Goodell, Wallace
 
MLTSPNSRArroyo, Buchwald, Cook, Crouch, Gunther, Hikind, Hooper, Jaffee, Magee, Mosley, Peoples-Stokes, Ra, Rivera, Titus
 
Amd §19.09, Ment Hyg L
 
Relates to the distribution of educational materials regarding the misuse of and addiction to prescription drugs in counties with the most prevalent abuse of prescription opioids.
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A03074 Actions:

BILL NOA03074A
 
01/26/2017referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
02/15/2017amend (t) and recommit to alcoholism and drug abuse
02/15/2017print number 3074a
01/03/2018referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
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A03074 Committee Votes:

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A03074 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A03074 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3074--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 26, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CYMBROWITZ, CRESPO, CUSICK, GOODELL -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M.   of A. ARROYO, BUCHWALD,  COOK,  CROUCH,  FARRELL,
          GUNTHER,  HIKIND,  HOOPER,  JAFFEE,  LUPINACCI,  MAGEE,  MOSLEY, MOYA,
          PEOPLES-STOKES, RA, RIVERA, TITUS -- read once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee  on  Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
 
        AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the distribution
          in counties with the  most  prevalent  prescription  opioid  abuse  of
          educational  materials  regarding  the  misuse  of  and  addiction  to
          prescription drugs
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Subdivision (j) of section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:
     3    (4) Utilizing data that is available to the office, including, but not
     4  limited to, information obtained pursuant to subdivision four of section
     5  thirty-three hundred nine-a of the public health law,  the  commissioner
     6  shall  identify the counties in New York state where prescription opioid
     7  abuse is most prevalent. Pharmacists licensed by the state  to  dispense
     8  prescription drugs may be notified at the discretion of the commissioner
     9  in  collaboration with the department of health, about the prevalence of
    10  opioid abuse in the county in which such  pharmacists  are  located  and
    11  encourage  the  facilities  where  prescription  drugs  are dispensed to
    12  distribute materials created or utilized pursuant to this subdivision.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    14  have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06246-02-7
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