Bill Text: NY S06672 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the department of health to conduct a prescription drug product stewardship disposal program study, whereby such department shall study and report on the feasibility of establishing incentives to consumers to return controlled substances and other prescription drugs for safe disposal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S06672 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06672-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6672 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the department of health to conduct a prescription drug product steward- ship disposal program study The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 3343-c to read as follows: 3 § 3343-c. Prescription drug product stewardship disposal program 4 study. The department shall study the feasibility of creating and mech- 5 anisms necessary to implement a product stewardship program whereby 6 consumers would be incentivized and encouraged to return unused or 7 unwanted controlled substances and other prescription drugs, and pharma- 8 ceutical manufacturers would be required to provide funding or coupons 9 so that consumers returning such substances and drugs would receive 10 either a cash or coupon incentive for such returns to an approved 11 location for safe disposal. The department's study shall include stake- 12 holder engagement and recommendations for implementing a prescription 13 drug product stewardship disposal program. The department shall prepare 14 and submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of the 15 senate and the speaker of the assembly setting forth the information 16 gathered and recommendations being put forth as a result of the study no 17 later than May first, two thousand eighteen. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13134-02-7