Bill Text: NY S01681 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain pharmacies to establish, pay for, and operate a drug take back system at no cost to customers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01681 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01681-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1681

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  establishment
          and  operation of drug take back collection systems in certain pharma-
          cies

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

     1    Section 1. Section 291 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
     3    5-a. In the event that a drug take back proposal designed to cover one
     4  or  more  regions  of  the  state  is  not submitted and approved by the
     5  department of environmental  conservation  by  March  thirty-first,  two
     6  thousand  twenty-four,  or  if no subsequent proposal is resubmitted and
     7  approved, by March thirty-first,  two  thousand  twenty-four,  the  sole
     8  responsibility  for  establishing, paying for, and operating a drug take
     9  back collection system shall shift to the owners and operators  of  such
    10  pharmacies,  at no charge to customers within such chain pharmacy retail
    11  locations. If and when such shift occurs, such chain pharmacy owners and
    12  operators shall have collection systems installed for use by the general
    13  public no later than  June  thirtieth,  two  thousand  twenty-four.  All
    14  collection systems installed and operated pursuant to this section shall
    15  meet  all  applicable  federal  and  state regulations pertaining to the
    16  secure  collection,  documentation,  shipping  and  safe   disposal   of
    17  controlled substances and other drugs authorized for collection.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



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