Bill Text: NY S02524 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Decriminalizes the possession of buprenorphine from certain crimes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02524 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02524-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2524

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 21, 2021
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the  penal  law,  in  relation  to  decriminalizing  the
          possession of buprenorphine

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 8 of section 220.00 of  the  penal  law,
     2  subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 537 of the laws of 1998 and subdivi-
     3  sion  8 as amended by section 18 of part C of chapter 447 of the laws of
     4  2012, are amended to read as follows:
     5    5. "Controlled substance" means any substance listed  in  schedule  I,
     6  II,  III,  IV  or  V  of  section thirty-three hundred six of the public
     7  health law other than buprenorphine and marihuana, but including concen-
     8  trated cannabis as defined in  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  four  of
     9  section thirty-three hundred two of such law.
    10    8.  "Narcotic  preparation"  means  any controlled substance listed in
    11  schedule II(b-1), III(d) or III(e) other than buprenorphine.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    13  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00318-01-1