S00379 Summary:

BILL NOS00379
 
SAME ASSAME AS A03348
 
SPONSORLANZA
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
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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S00379 Actions:

BILL NOS00379
 
01/09/2019REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
02/11/20191ST REPORT CAL.143
02/12/20192ND REPORT CAL.
02/26/2019ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/20/2019COMMITTED TO RULES
01/08/2020REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
02/24/20201ST REPORT CAL.448
02/25/20202ND REPORT CAL.
02/26/2020ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
12/28/2020COMMITTED TO RULES
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S00379 Committee Votes:

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S00379 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S00379 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           379
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD03537-01-9
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