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- Recommitted to rules
- Ordered to third reading cal.1646
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to health
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to disposal sites operated by pharmacies
Purpose
To require chain pharmacies take back prescription medication.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 adds a new subdivision 4 to subdivision 3 of section 3343-b of the public health law
Section 2 is the effective date.
Justification
Chapter 79 of the Laws of 2015 allowed pharmacies and other Drug Enforcement Administration authorized collectors to collect unused controlled substances in New York. While this was an important first step in making it easier for people to take back their unused medications, not all pharmacies are voluntarily participating.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the number one reason teens use prescription drugs is that they are easy to get from their parents' medicine cabinets.
New York State already requires certain businesses that sell items such as tires and plastic bottles to accept the return of those items by a customer. Requiring chain pharmacies to take back unused medications would give the state another tool in the fight against prescription drug abuse.
Legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
None to the State
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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