Bill Text: NY S05880 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Designates tramadol as a schedule III narcotic drug, and eliminates hydrocodone 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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-13 - referred to health [S05880 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05880-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5880--A
           Cal. No. 35
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   September 9, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sens. HANNON, MARCELLINO, KLEIN -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --
         recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate  Rule
         6,  sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
         and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
         reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to designating trama-
         dol  as  a schedule III narcotic drug and certain requirements imposed
         upon distributors, relating to certain compounds  containing  hydroco-
         done;  and to repeal paragraphs 3 and 4 of subdivision (e) of schedule
         III of section 3306 of such law relating to the designation of  hydro-
         codone 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    2  section  3306  of the public health law are REPEALED and a new paragraph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.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3317 to
    6  read as follows:
    7    S 3317. REQUIREMENTS FOR  CERTAIN  COMPOUNDS  CONTAINING  HYDROCODONE.
    8  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A DISTRIBUTOR LICENSED AND
    9  REGULATED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO THIS  TITLE,  REGULATED  BY  THE
   10  STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF
   11  THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  AND  REGISTERED AND REGULATED BY THE UNITED STATES
   12  DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION,  SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM  THE  STORAGE,
   13  REPORTING,  ORDERING,  RECORD  KEEPING  AND  PHYSICAL  SECURITY  CONTROL
   14  REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES WITH  REGARD  TO  ANY
   15  MATERIAL,  COMPOUND,  MIXTURE  OR  PREPARATION  CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN
   16  THREE HUNDRED  MILLIGRAMS  OF  DIHYDROCODEINONE  (HYDROCODONE)  PER  ONE
   17  HUNDRED MILLILITERS OR NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN MILLIGRAMS PER DOSAGE UNIT,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13421-05-2
       S. 5880--A                          2
    1  WITH  (A)  A FOURFOLD OR GREATER QUANTITY OF AN ISOQUINOLINE ALKALOID OF
    2  OPIUM, OR (B) ONE OR MORE ACTIVE NON-NARCOTIC INGREDIENTS IN  RECOGNIZED
    3  THERAPEUTIC  AMOUNTS;  OR  THEIR  SALTS CALCULATED AS THE FREE ANHYDROUS
    4  BASE  OR  ALKALOID.  SUCH  CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
    5  SAME SUCH REQUIREMENTS AS THOSE IMPOSED FOR SCHEDULE III NARCOTIC DRUGS.
    6    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.