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
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