Bill Text: NY S05065 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the disposal of prescription drugs program, implementing a system by which pharmacies accept and dispose of any unused portions of prescription drugs prescribed to residents of this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S05065 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05065-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5065
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to  amend  the  public  health  law, in relation  to   establish-
         ing  the  disposal of  prescription  drugs   program
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  article
    2  2-B to read as follows:
    3                                 ARTICLE 2-B
    4                   DISPOSAL OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROGRAM
    5  SECTION 290. DEFINITIONS.
    6          291. DISPOSAL OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROGRAM; ESTABLISHMENT.
    7    S  290.  DEFINITIONS.  1.  "PRESCRIPTION  DRUG" OR "DRUG" MEANS A DRUG
    8  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWO  OF  THE
    9  EDUCATION  LAW,  FOR  WHICH A PRESCRIPTION IS REQUIRED UNDER THE FEDERAL
   10  FOOD, DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT.
   11    2. "PHARMACY" MEANS ANY PLACE IN WHICH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS OR POISONS
   12  ARE POSSESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPOUNDING, PRESERVING, DISPENSING  OR
   13  RETAILING,  OR  IN WHICH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS OR POISONS ARE COMPOUNDED,
   14  PRESERVED, DISPENSED OR RETAILED, OR IN WHICH SUCH DRUGS,  PRESCRIPTIONS
   15  OR POISONS ARE BY ADVERTISING OR OTHERWISE OFFERED FOR SALE AT RETAIL.
   16    S 291. DISPOSAL OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROGRAM; ESTABLISHMENT. 1. THERE
   17  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE DEPARTMENT A DISPOSAL OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
   18  PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM BY WHICH PHARMACIES MAY VOLUNTARILY ACCEPT
   19  AND  DISPOSE  OF ANY UNUSED PORTIONS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PRESCRIBED TO
   20  RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE AND MAY PROVIDE SUCH DISPOSAL SITES ON  A  DAILY
   21  BASIS DURING NORMAL OPERATING HOURS.
   22    2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  AUTHORIZED  AND DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE SUCH
   23  RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ARE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
   24  THIS  ARTICLE.  SUCH  RULES  AND REGULATIONS SHALL ENABLE PHARMACISTS TO
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11245-01-1
       S. 5065                             2
    1  ACCEPT AND DISPOSE OF ANY PRESCRIPTION DRUG WHICH IS BROUGHT TO THEM FOR
    2  THE PURPOSE OF DISPOSAL.
    3    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law.