Bill Text: NJ A4337 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires Department of Health to provide information to Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system regarding the location of safe disposal sites for hypodermic syringes and needles and prescription drugs.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-01-16 - Approved P.L.2023, c.310. [A4337 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-A4337-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4337

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 20, 2022

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  HERB CONAWAY, JR.

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman  REGINALD W. ATKINS

District 20 (Union)

Assemblyman  KEVIN J. ROONEY

District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Carter, Assemblyman Moen and Assemblywoman Mosquera

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires Department of Health to provide information to Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system regarding the location of safe disposal sites for hypodermic syringes and needles and prescription drugs.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended by the General Assembly on May 25, 2023.

  

An Act concerning hypodermic syringes and needles and prescription drugs and medication, and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1.   The ¹[Division of Consumer Affairs in the]¹ Department of ¹[Law and Public Safety] Health¹ shall periodically provide the Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system with information regarding the location of safe disposal sites for hypodermic syringes and needles and prescription drugs and medication for dissemination to customers of the Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system upon customers' request.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment.