Bill Text: NY A09018 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates tramadol as a schedule III narcotic drug, and eliminates certain hydrocodone compounds from the list of schedule III narcotic drugs; provides that such compounds shall continue to be handled by licensed distributors in the manner applicable to schedule III controlled substances.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-14 - print number 9018a [A09018 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9018
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 13, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to designating trama-
         dol  as a schedule III narcotic drug; and to repeal paragraphs 3 and 4
         of subdivision (e) of schedule III of section 3306 of such law  relat-
         ing to the designation of hydrocodone as a schedule III narcotic drug
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of subdivision (e) of  schedule  III  of
    2  section  3306  of the public health law are REPEALED and a new paragraph
    3  10 is added to read as follows:
    4    (10) TRAMADOL IN ANY QUANTITIES.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13421-02-1