Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 12, 2010 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A11062
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MILLER M
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
multi-Sponsors
Inez Barron
William Scarborough
Albert A. Stirpe
2009-A11062 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A11062 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A11062 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the disposal of prescription drugs program PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To protect New York's health, all pharmacies would become disposal sites for prescription medications. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill adds article 2-b to the public health law. JUSTIFICATION: Improperly disposing of prescriptions can pose several threats to public health and safety. According to the US Food and Drug Administration, some medicines are harmful or even fatal if used even once by someone other than the intended user. Simply flushing medicine is the surest way to avoid ingestion by the wrong person, but this yields undesirable environmental effects. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation notes that pharmaceuticals flushed down drains in your house eventually get into local rivers. They report instances of male fish producing eggs when exposed to the hormones found in birth control pills. The DEC also warns that long term exposure to low levels of antibiotics may result in the evolution of drug-resistant bacteria. By instructing pharmacies to dispose of unwanted, expired, and unused pharmaceuticals, we can avoid the dangers of improper disposal of
2009-A11062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11062 I N A S S E M B L Y May 12, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. M. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the disposal of prescription drugs program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 2-B to rad as follows: ARTICLE 2-B DISPOSAL OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROGRAM SECTION 290. DEFINITIONS. 291. DISPOSAL OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROGRAM; ESTABLISHMENT. S 290. DEFINITIONS. 1. "PRESCRIPTION DRUG" OR "DRUG" MEANS A DRUG DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW, FOR WHICH A PRESCRIPTION IS REQUIRED UNDER THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT. 2. "PHARMACY" MEANS ANY PLACE IN WHICH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS OR POISONS ARE POSSESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPOUNDING, PRESERVING, DISPENSING OR RETAILING, OR IN WHICH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS OR POISONS ARE COMPOUNDED, PRESERVED, DISPENSED OR RETAILED, OR IN WHICH SUCH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS OR POISONS ARE BY ADVERTISING OR OTHERWISE OFFERED FOR SALE AT RETAIL. S 291. DISPOSAL OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROGRAM; ESTABLISHMENT. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE DEPARTMENT A DISPOSAL OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM BY WHICH PHARMACIES ACCEPT AND DISPOSE OF ANY UNUSED PORTIONS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PRESCRIBED TO RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE. 2. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ARE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL ENABLE PHARMACISTS TO ACCEPT AND DISPOSE OF ANY PRESCRIPTION DRUG WHICH IS BROUGHT TO THEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISPOSAL. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16331-01-0
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