Bill Text: NY A00710 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Provides that drugs shall only be disposed of by means of a drug manufacturer collection program; requires all drug manufacturers to establish and conduct a collection program for expired and unused drugs; requires manufacturers to dispose of drugs in an environmentally sound manner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A00710 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00710-Introduced.html

---

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                          710
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 7, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, SCHIMEL, JAFFEE, LIFTON --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK -- read once  and  referred
         to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to drug
         management and collection programs
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Title 27 and sections 27-2701 and 27-2703 of article 27 of
    2  the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 625 of the  laws
    3  of 2008, are renumbered title 28 and sections 27-2801 and 27-2803.
    4    S 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding three new
    5  sections 27-2805, 27-2807 and 27-2809 to read as follows:
    6  S 27-2805. DRUG MANAGEMENT.
    7    NO  PERSON  SHALL  DISPOSE OF ANY DRUG AS MIXED SOLID WASTE IN A LAND-
    8  FILL. DRUGS SHALL ONLY BE DISPOSED  OF  AT  A  DRUG  COLLECTION  PROGRAM
    9  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-2807 OF THIS TITLE.
   10  S 27-2807. DRUG COLLECTION PROGRAMS.
   11    1. EVERY MANUFACTURER SHALL ESTABLISH AND CONDUCT A COLLECTION PROGRAM
   12  FOR UNUSED AND EXPIRED DRUGS. EACH MANUFACTURER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
   13  ALL COSTS AND THE SECURITY OF ITS DRUG PROGRAM. EVERY MANUFACTURER SHALL
   14  ANNUALLY  CONDUCT NOT LESS THAN ONE DRUG COLLECTION EVENT IN EACH COUNTY
   15  OF THE STATE.
   16    2. ANY MANUFACTURER MAY CONTRACT WITH A  SUITABLE  PUBLIC  OR  PRIVATE
   17  THIRD PARTY TO ESTABLISH AND CONDUCT ITS DRUG COLLECTION PROGRAM.  EVERY
   18  MANUFACTURER  WHO  ENTERS  INTO  A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION
   19  SHALL FULLY REIMBURSE SUCH THIRD PARTY FOR ALL COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING THE
   20  DRUG COLLECTION PROGRAM.
   21    3. EVERY CONSUMER SHALL RETURN HIS OR HER DRUGS TO A  DRUG  COLLECTION
   22  PROGRAM.  NO  SUCH  PROGRAM SHALL IMPOSE A FEE UPON ANY CONSUMER FOR THE
   23  RETURN OF ANY DRUG.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06086-01-5
       A. 710                              2
    1    4. EVERY MANUFACTURER SHALL DISPOSE OF ALL DRUGS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO
    2  THIS SECTION IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANNER AS PROVIDED IN RULES AND
    3  REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
    4    5.  EACH  MANUFACTURER,  SHALL ON A BIANNUAL BASIS, SUBMIT A REPORT TO
    5  THE DEPARTMENT ON ITS DRUG COLLECTION PROGRAM, INCLUDING INFORMATION  ON
    6  THE TYPES AND AMOUNT OF DRUGS COLLECTED.
    7  S 27-2809. REGULATIONS.
    8    THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE AND ENFORCE ANY REGULATIONS NECESSARY
    9  TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
   10    S 3. This act shall take  effect  immediately,  except  that  sections
   11  27-2805  and  27-2807 of the environmental conservation law, as added by
   12  section two of this act, shall take effect on the one hundred  eightieth
   13  day after this act shall have become a law.