Bill Text: NY A06386 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the drug Leuprolide acetate, to be labeled with a warning of the possible side effects thereof.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to higher education [A06386 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06386-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6386
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 16, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. N. RIVERA, CRESPO, AUBRY, COOK, ARROYO, McENENY,
         ENGLEBRIGHT, P. RIVERA, M. MILLER, CASTRO, STEVENSON,  RAMOS,  JAFFEE,
         ROBERTS  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. CAMARA, DUPREY, LINARES,
         MAISEL, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, MOYA, ORTIZ, RAIA, J. RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ,
         TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Consumer  Affairs
         and Protection
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to the labeling of
         Leuprolide acetate
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6811-c
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 6811-C. LEUPROLIDE ACETATE. NO PHARMACIST SHALL DISPENSE OR SELL THE
    4  DRUG  LEUPROLIDE  ACETATE,  ALSO  KNOWN  AND  MARKETED AS LUPRON, LUPRON
    5  DEPOT, LUPRON  DEPOT-PED,  VIADUR  AND  ELIQARD,  UNLESS  THE  CONTAINER
    6  CONTAINING  SUCH  DRUG  PROVIDED  TO  THE  CONSUMER  IS LABELED WITH THE
    7  FOLLOWING WARNING:
    8    "CAUTION: THIS DRUG COULD CAUSE ADVERSE REACTIONS INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
    9  LIMITED TO, HEART ATTACKS, DIABETES, CONVULSIONS, EXCESSIVE BLEEDING AND
   10  COULD LEAD TO DEATH."
   11    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   12  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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