NY State Senate Bill 2019-S153

Senate Bill S153

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to require chain pharmacies to operate drug disposal sites for unused controlled substances

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2019-S153 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2857
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3343-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6255
2017-2018: S377, A7005

2019-S153 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to require chain pharmacies to operate drug disposal sites for unused controlled substances; defines "chain pharmacy".

2019-S153 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S153

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the safe disposal
of unused controlled substances

 
PURPOSE:

To provide for the designation of pharmacies as disposal sites for
controlled substances to further aid in the fight against drug abuse.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Adds a new subdivision 4 of section 3343-b of the public
health law, as amended by chapter 379 of the laws of 2015 to authorize
the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to
require chain pharmacies to operate drug disposal sites based on the
geographical location and number of locations in each county of the
state.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, the Heroin and Opioid epidemic is scourging our communities
and destroying lives across the United States. New York State has been a
leader in enacting meaningful reforms and initiatives to combat this
horrible epidemic.

A leading contributor to this epidemic is the countless unused
prescription pills and controlled substance in easy reach for individ-
uals to get their hands on them. People who develop dependencies on
prescription pills especially painkillers often move on to heroin, which
is considerably cheaper and provides a stronger high.

In 2014 the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") announced that phar-
macies could accept and destroy customers' unwanted prescription drugs.
A recent New York Times article states that the response has been insig-
nificant, with only 1 percent of American pharmacies having set up
disposal programs, with none of those belonging to the two largest
chains, CVS and Walgreens.

This legislation would ensure that pharmacies are designated as disposal
sites in each county of the state to allow for easy and accessible
disposal of controlled substances.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S377 - Health Committee
2015-16: S6255A - Health

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S153 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    153
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the safe  disposal
   of unused controlled substances

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3343-b of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS  NECESSARY  TO REQUIRE CHAIN PHARMACIES TO OPERATE DRUG DISPOSAL
 SITES FOR UNUSED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN  EACH  COUNTY  OF  THE  STATE,
 PROVIDED  SUCH  CHAIN  PHARMACY HAS A PHARMACY LOCATED IN A COUNTY.  FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "CHAIN PHARMACY" MEANS A PHARMACY WITH
 MORE THAN TWENTY LOCATIONS IN THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05279-01-9

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