A03662 Summary:
BILL NO | A03662 |
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SAME AS | No same as |
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SPONSOR | Camara (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Barron, Boyland |
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MLTSPNSR | Cook, McDonough, Meng, Perry |
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Amd S206, Pub Health L | |
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Directs the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations for the labeling of prescription drugs in other than English. |
A03662 Actions:
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01/26/2011 | referred to consumer affairs and protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/28/2011 | reference changed to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/04/2012 | referred to health |
A03662 Floor Votes:
There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to topA03662 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3662 2011-2012 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA, BARRON, BOYLAND -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, McDONOUGH, MENG, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to labeling of prescription drugs in languages other than English The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 28 to read as follows: 3 28. The commissioner shall promulgate by rule and regulation criteria 4 directing pharmacies to provide prescription bottle labels, which 5 include instructions for taking the medicine, in languages other than 6 English. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 8 it shall have become a law. Provided, however, that effective immediate- 9 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation 10 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 11 authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such 12 effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03998-01-1