Bill Text: NY S07833 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Includes xylazine and other substances in the definition of drug adulterant testing supplies for the purposes of the dispensing of such supplies by health care professionals or pharmacists to any person.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-11 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8467A [S07833 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07833-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7833--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    December 20, 2023
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        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
          the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders in  accordance
          with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the dispensing  of
          drug adulterant testing supplies

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  3309-b  of  the
     2  public  health  law,  as  amended  by chapter 16 of the laws of 2024, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) "Drug adulterant testing supplies" means any drug testing  product
     5  that  is  used  to  determine whether a substance contains fentanyl or a
     6  fentanyl analog, xylazine, or other substance.
     7    § 2.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
     8  have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
     9  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    10  of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
    11  completed on or before such effective date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13772-03-4