Bill Text: NY A01022 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires prescription bottles containing opioids to have a label affixed concerning the addictive nature of the drug.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A01022 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A01022-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1022 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to labeling prescription bottles of opioids The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3333 of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: 3 (d) In addition to the other requirements of this subdivision, where 4 the controlled substance being dispensed is an opioid, there shall be 5 affixed to the container a label upon which is indelibly typed, printed, 6 or otherwise legibly written "Warning. This drug is highly addictive. 7 Please consult your pharmacist or physician before using." 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 10 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 11 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 12 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01206-01-3
