Bill Text: NY A08276 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs any retail establishment that sells any product or products containing as the only active ingredient dextromethorphan, shall limit access to persons eighteen years of age or younger to such products in a manner designed to prevent the misuse or abuse of such products.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-9)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to higher education [A08276 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A08276-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8276--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 12, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JAFFEE,  ZEBROWSKI,  KOON, TOWNSEND, FIELDS,
         CASTRO, GUNTHER, GALEF, BURLING, ESPAILLAT, BARRON,  McDONOUGH,  JOHN,
         TOBACCO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of A. CALHOUN, CAMARA, COOK,
         CROUCH, DelMONTE, JEFFRIES, MAISEL, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, NOLAN, PHEFFER,
         SAYWARD, SCHIMEL, SKARTADOS, WEISENBERG -- read once and  referred  to
         the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --  committee  discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to restricting access to
         dextromethorphan, commonly known as "dxm"
         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.    RESTRICTED  ACCESS  TO  RETAIL SALE OF DEXTROMETHORPHAN,
    4  COMMONLY KNOWN AS "DXM".  ANY RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT THAT SELLS ANY  PROD-
    5  UCT  OR  PRODUCTS CONTAINING AS THE ONLY ACTIVE INGREDIENT DEXTROMETHOR-
    6  PHAN, SHALL LIMIT ACCESS TO PERSONS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER  TO
    7  SUCH  PRODUCTS  IN  A  MANNER DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE MISUSE OR ABUSE OF
    8  SUCH PRODUCTS.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
   10  the  rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
   11  act shall be promulgated and take effect on or before  the  one  hundred
   12  eightieth day after this act 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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