Bill Text: NY A09659 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires pharmacists to include lot numbers or unique identifying numbers on prescription containers.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-04 - referred to higher education [A09659 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09659-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9659

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2020
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  pharmacists
          to include the lot number or unique identifying number on prescription
          containers

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 2 of  section  6811-a
     2  of the education law, as amended by section 9 of part D of chapter 60 of
     3  the  laws  of 2014, are amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read
     4  as follows:
     5    (b) an N. D. C. number, symbol,  number,  letters,  words  or  marking
     6  identifying such drug or combination of drugs; [and]
     7    (c) whenever the distributor of the prescription drug product does not
     8  also  manufacture  the  product the names and places of business of both
     9  shall appear on the label in words clearly distinguishing each[.]; and
    10    (d) the unique number associated with the original manufactured lot of
    11  the item being prescribed.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14653-01-0