Bill Text: NY A09855 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9855 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to requiring a pharmacy to accept and dispose of unused prescription drugs pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-14 - referred to higher education [A09855 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09855-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9855
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education
        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a pharmacy
          to accept and dispose of unused prescription drugs
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6810-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 6810-a. Disposal of unused prescription drugs. A pharmacy registered
     4  with  the  department  pursuant  to section sixty-eight hundred eight of
     5  this article  shall  accept  and  dispose  of  any  unused  portions  of
     6  prescription  drugs  pursuant  to regulations promulgated by the commis-
     7  sioner of health.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     9  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    10  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    11  this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to  be  made
    12  and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14563-01-8