STATE OF NEW YORK
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8145--A
IN SENATE
April 6, 2018
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Introduced by Sens. HANNON, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to classifying gaba-
pentin as a controlled substance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3371 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
3 (d) For purposes of this section, gabapentin shall be deemed to be a
4 controlled substance.
5 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3343-a of the public health law is
6 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
7 (e) For purposes of this section, gabapentin shall be deemed to be a
8 controlled substance.
9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
10 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law; provided that the
11 amendment to subdivision 2 of section 3371 of the public health law made
12 by section one of this act shall survive the expiration and reversion of
13 such section as provided in section 12 of chapter 90 of the laws of
14 2014, as amended. Effective immediately the addition, amendment or
15 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
16 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
17 such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15312-08-8
