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A00881 Summary:

A00881 Actions:

A00881 Committee Votes:

Committee:ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE   Chair:Rosenthal      
DATE:06/01/2016AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Rosenthal
Aye
Johns
Aye
Arroyo
Aye
Lopez
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Katz
Absent
DenDekker
Aye
DiPietro
Aye
Quart
Aye
Stirpe
Aye
Davila
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Barron
Aye
Harris
Excused

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:06/06/2016AYE/NAY:32/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Saladino
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Corwin
Excused
Perry
Excused
Malliotakis
Aye
Colton
Aye
Walter
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Wright
Excused
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Markey
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/07/2016AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Tedisco
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Finch
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Raia
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Wright
Excused
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Markey
Aye

A00881 Floor Votes:

A00881 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           881
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 8, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A.  ARROYO,  BORELLI,  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
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the  distribution
          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.  Section  19.09  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (j) to read as follows:
     3    (j) (1) The commissioner, in consultation  with  the  commissioner  of
     4  health,  shall  create  or  utilize existing educational materials which
     5  shall include information regarding the dangers of misuse and the poten-
     6  tial for addiction to prescription drugs, treatment resources available,
     7  and the proper way to dispose of unused prescription drugs.  Such  mate-
     8  rials shall be made available to pharmacists and may be distributed with
     9  any  prescribed  drug  that  is  a  controlled substance by a pharmacist
    10  licensed by the state to  dispense  prescription  drugs  to  the  public
    11  pursuant  to  section sixty-eight hundred five of the education law. The
    12  information contained in such materials shall  also  be  posted  on  the
    13  website of the office and the department of health. Such materials shall
    14  be provided in languages other than English as deemed appropriate by the
    15  commissioners.
    16    (2) Utilizing data that is available to the office, including, but not
    17  limited to, information obtained pursuant to subdivision four of section
    18  thirty-three  hundred  nine-a of the public health law, the commissioner
    19  shall identify the counties in New York state where prescription  opioid
    20  abuse  is  most prevalent. Pharmacists licensed by the state to dispense
    21  prescription drugs may be notified at the discretion of the commissioner
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05258-01-5
        A. 881                              2
 
     1  in collaboration with the department of health, about the prevalence  of
     2  opioid  abuse  in  the  county in which such pharmacists are located and
     3  encourage the facilities  where  prescription  drugs  are  dispensed  to
     4  distribute  materials  created  or utilized pursuant to paragraph one of
     5  this subdivision.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     7  have become a law.