Bill Text: NY A08467 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Includes xylazine and other substances in the definition of drug adulterant testing supplies for the purposes of the dispensing of such supplies by health care professionals or pharmacists to any person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-11 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [A08467 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08467-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8467--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    December 29, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance
          with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the dispensing of
          drug adulterant testing supplies

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 1 of section 3309-b of the
     2  public health law, as amended by chapter 16 of  the  laws  of  2024,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  "Drug adulterant testing supplies" means any drug testing product
     5  that is used to determine whether a substance  contains  fentanyl  or  a
     6  fentanyl analog, xylazine, or other substance.
     7    §  2.   This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     8  have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
     9  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    10  of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
    11  completed on or before such effective date.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13772-02-4