Directs the department of health to conduct a prescription drug product stewardship disposal program study, whereby such department shall study and report on the feasibility of establishing incentives to consumers to return controlled substances and other prescription drugs for safe disposal.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6672
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 12, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the
department of health to conduct a prescription drug product steward-
ship disposal program study
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 3343-c to read as follows:
3 § 3343-c. Prescription drug product stewardship disposal program
4 study. The department shall study the feasibility of creating and mech-
5 anisms necessary to implement a product stewardship program whereby
6 consumers would be incentivized and encouraged to return unused or
7 unwanted controlled substances and other prescription drugs, and pharma-
8 ceutical manufacturers would be required to provide funding or coupons
9 so that consumers returning such substances and drugs would receive
10 either a cash or coupon incentive for such returns to an approved
11 location for safe disposal. The department's study shall include stake-
12 holder engagement and recommendations for implementing a prescription
13 drug product stewardship disposal program. The department shall prepare
14 and submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of the
15 senate and the speaker of the assembly setting forth the information
16 gathered and recommendations being put forth as a result of the study no
17 later than May first, two thousand eighteen.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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