NY State Senate Bill 2019-S392

Senate Bill S392

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the department of health to assign at least 1 narcotics investigator to each county in a city having a population of one million or more

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2019-S392 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3385, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6029
2013-2014: S3983
2015-2016: S2847
2017-2018: S3541
2021-2022: S4506
2023-2024: S3077

2019-S392 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to assign at least 1 narcotics investigator to each county in a city having a population of one million or more.

2019-S392 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S392

SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the
department of health to assign at least one investigator of the bureau
of narcotics enforcement to each county within a city having a popu-
lation of one million or more

 
PURPOSE:

To direct the Department of Health to assign at least 1 narcotics inves-
tigator to each county in the City of New York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends section 3385 of the public health law by adding a new
subdivision 3 requiring at least 1 narcotics investigator to each county
in New York City.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York City, especially the borough of Staten Island is experiencing a
growth in prescription drug abuse among its population, especially teen-
agers and young adults. Abusers of prescription narcotics usually obtain
these drugs by using forged prescriptions or deceiving their doctor to
write them a prescription. The New York State Department of Health's
Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement has been effective in combating this
epidemic. Recently, the Bureau was responsible for busting a 31 member
prescription drug ring that was illegally selling Oxycodone out of an
ice cream truck. These narcotic investigators play a valuable role in
combating the plague of prescription drug abuse and it is necessary that
there be at least 1 investigator in each borough to protect the public.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S.3541 - Passed Senate/A.6550 - Referred to Health
2017: S.3541 - Passed Senate/A.6550 - Referred to Health
2016: S.2847 - Passed Senate
2015: S.2847 - Passed Senate
2014: S.3983 - Passed Senate/A.7169 - Referred to Health
2012: S.6029 - Passed Senate/A.10426 - Referred to Health

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S392 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    392
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  requiring  the
   department of health to assign at least one investigator of the bureau
   of  narcotics  enforcement to each county within a city having a popu-
   lation of one million or more
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3385 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ASSIGN AND EMPLOY NOT LESS THAN  ONE  INVESTI-
 GATOR  OF  THE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS ARTICLE IN EACH COUNTY WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF  ONE
 MILLION OR MORE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03493-01-9

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