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- Referred to health
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–3
- Ordered to third reading cal.1433
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Notice of committee consideration - withdrawn
- Notice of committee consideration - requested
- Referred to health
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Directs the department of health to assign at least 1 narcotics investigator to each county in N.Y. city
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Michael Cusick
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6029
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 population of one million or more
Purpose
To direct the Department of Health to assign at least 1 narcotics investigator 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 teenagers 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.
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Effective date
Immediately.
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