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This bill creates a Dietary Supplements Safety Committee to evaluate supplement safety, recommend bans, and promote public health education in New York.
Why it matters
Creates a formal mechanism for evaluating supplement safety. By establishing a diverse committee of health professionals, dietitians, and public health experts, the bill aims to ensure that supplement oversight is informed by scientific and clinical expertise rather than industry interests.
Introduces a system for tracking adverse events. The bill mandates the creation of a reporting system for negative health outcomes related to supplements, enabling state officials to identify dangerous products based on real-world data and respond proactively.
Empowers the state to ban harmful supplements or restrict sales to minors. The commissioner, upon committee recommendation, can ban specific supplements statewide or target bans to protect minors, adding a significant regulatory tool not previously available at the state level.
Targets consumer education and risk awareness. By requiring a public health campaign tailored to different groups, the bill seeks to address misinformation, raise awareness about supplement risks, and promote safer consumer choices.
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Create Supplement Safety Committee
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Felix Ortiz
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4969
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 3, 2019
Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 establishing a dietary supplements safety committee
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 25 to read as follows:
§ 25. Dietary supplements safety committee. 1. There is hereby established in the department the dietary supplements safety committee to be composed of eighteen members who shall be appointed in the following manner: three shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; two shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate; three shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; two shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; and eight shall be appointed by the governor. The governor shall designate the chairperson of the committee. The members of the committee shall be representative of the public health field, health care services providers, dieticians and nutritionists. Such appointing officials shall either replace or reappoint the members of such committee for three year terms, according to the following schedule:
(a) Effective January first, two thousand twenty-one: Any three original appointees of the governor, one original appointee of the temporary president of the senate, one original appointee of the speaker of the assembly and one original appointee of the minority leader of the senate;
(b) Effective January first, two thousand twenty-two: Any three of the remaining original appointees of the governor, one of the remaining original appointees of the temporary president of the senate, one of the remaining original appointees of the speaker of the assembly and one original appointee of the minority leader of the assembly;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(c) Effective January first, two thousand twenty-three: The two remaining original appointees of the governor, the remaining original appointee of the temporary president of the senate, the remaining original appointee of the speaker of the assembly, the remaining original appointee of the minority leader of the senate and the remaining original appointee of the minority leader of the assembly;
(d) Replacements or reappointments thereafter shall be made at the expiration of the term of each member, by the appointing official who originally appointed such member; and
(e) Vacancies shall be filled by appointment in like manner for unexpired terms.
2. The committee shall evaluate the safety and efficacy of dietary supplements and its duties shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) establish a system of reporting adverse events associated with dietary supplements and support voluntary reporting by consumers, health practitioners and others;
(b) assess available data and make specific recommendations to the commissioner regarding banning the sale of certain dietary supplements the committee deems harmful; and
(c) establish a public health education campaign on dietary supplements, with variations specifically directed to target different groups.
3. The advisory council shall meet at least three times a year, at the request of the chairperson.
4. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
5. The commissioner is hereby authorized to ban the sale of any dietary supplement sold or offered for sale in this state upon recommendation by the committee. Any such ban may be limited in its scope to ban the sale of any such supplement to minors only.
6. For purposes of this section, the term "dietary supplement" means (a) a product (other than tobacco) that is intended to supplement the diet and that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, a mineral, an herb or other botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance for the use by a person to supplement the diet by increasing the total daily intake, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combinations of these ingredients; (b) intended for ingestion in pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid form; and (c) labeled as a "dietary supplement" pursuant to the federal Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, 21 U.S.C. 321, as amended.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020. The appointments required to be made pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 25 of the public health law, as added by section one of this act, shall be made on or before such effective date.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a dietary supplements safety committee
PURPOSE::
To establish the dietary supplements safety committee.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the Public Health Law by adding a new section 23 to create a dietary supplements safety committee.
-Subdivision 1 details the appointment process -Subdivision 2 details the responsibilities of the committee -Subdivision 3 sets meeting requirements at three times per year -Subdivision 4 details compensation for committee members -Subdivision 5 gives authority to the chairperson to ban the sale of any dietary supplement at the committee's recommendation -Subdivision 6 defines "dietary supplements"
Section 2 sets the effective date as January 1, 2020.
JUSTIFICATION::
Dietary supplements are products, not drugs, that include ingredients like vitamins, herbs, minerals and amino acids. Their advertising often claims benefits like rapid weight loss, increased strength or improved sexual stamina. There are roughly 29,000 varieties of dietary supple- ments for sale across the country.
Adequate standards and enforcement for manufacturing, safety and effec- tiveness are necessary to protect the health and well-being of the resi- dents of New York State.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::
To be determined
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This act shall take effect on January 1, 2020. The appointments required to be made pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 25 of the public health law, as added by section one of this act, shall be made on or before such effective date.
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