A06062 Summary:
BILL NO | A06062 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S03687 |
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SPONSOR | Gunther |
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COSPNSR | Lupardo, Hooper, Steck, Buchwald, Raia, Friend, Crouch, Montesano |
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MLTSPNSR | Duprey, Perry, Seawright |
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Amd S3343-b, Pub Health L | |
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Directs the department of health to oversee a program for the safe disposal of unused controlled substances in accordance with federal law and regulations. |
A06062 Actions:
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03/11/2015 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/28/2015 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/12/2015 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/14/2015 | advanced to third reading cal.374 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/19/2015 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/19/2015 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/19/2015 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2015 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S3687 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2015 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2015 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10/14/2015 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10/26/2015 | signed chap.379 |
A06062 Committee Votes:
Go to topA06062 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Silver
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Persaud
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Markey
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barron
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jean-Pierre
ER
McKevitt
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Johns
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Borelli
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Miller
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
ER
Rodriguez
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kim
ER
Murray
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
ER
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Butler
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Wright
ER
Clark
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
ER
Goldfeder
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A06062 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6062 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 11, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the safe disposal of unused controlled substances The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3343-b of the public health law, as amended by 2 chapter 343 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 3343-b. Safe disposal of unused controlled substances. 1. The 4 department shall [establish] oversee a program for the safe disposal of 5 unused controlled substances by consumers in accordance with federal 6 law. [The program shall permit individual] Individual members of the 7 public shall be authorized to voluntarily surrender controlled 8 substances listed on schedule II, III, IV or V of section thirty-three 9 hundred six of this article in a secure manner, without identifying 10 themselves [, and]. Safe disposal methods shall be publicized consistent 11 with the prescription pain medication awareness program established 12 pursuant to section thirty-three hundred nine-a of this article. 13 2. The surrender of a controlled substance pursuant to [the program14established pursuant to] this section shall not constitute the 15 possession, transfer or sale of such controlled substance for purposes 16 of this article or the penal law. 17 3. [In developing such program, the department shall consider the18following: appropriate sites for disposal throughout the state; the role19of law enforcement and federal authorities, as appropriate; and the20manner in which potential costs to localities or to the state will be21addressed.] Disposal sites shall be operated by law enforcement agencies 22 [and], pharmacies and other Federal Drug Enforcement Administration 23 authorized collectors on a voluntary basis [in collaboration with the24department]. Nothing in this section shall require any political subdi- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09189-02-5A. 6062 2 1 vision of the state to participate in the program established in this 2 section. 3 [4. A licensed pharmacy designated by the commissioner may be a4disposal site under this section for the functions of accepting surren-5der of controlled substances from consumers, temporarily storing the6controlled substances, and transferring the controlled substances to an7authorized disposal site.85. The commissioner shall make regulations under this section, includ-9ing (in consultation with the commissioner of education) regulations10relating to pharmacies in the program.] 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and the provisions of 12 section 3343-b of the public health law, as amended by section one of 13 this act, shall be effective and implemented on and after such effective 14 date notwithstanding the failure to promulgate any rule or regulation 15 providing for the implementation thereof.