New York Assembly Bill 4708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to governmental operations
Pending: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

This bill requires the State police to investigate and act as a coordinating agency in cases of unsafe drug reimportation by establishing common rules of procedure, establishing a centralized database, using the scientific crime detection laboratory, and coordinating with the department of health; the bill also requires the commissioner of health to establish a listing on its website of internet providers of prescription drugs, along with any complaints received by the department, convictions of the participants, and whether the internet provider has permission from the federal government to reimport drugs. The department is also required to provide a clear explanation of the federal law concerning reimportation.

An act to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation to the prescription drug reimportation protection program

Asm. Steven Englebright [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-06		referred to governmental operations
2009-02-05		referred to governmental operations

S1572 (Same As) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO FINANCE

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04708&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04708&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A04708