STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          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