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NY A10803
Bill
Status
8/10/2012
Primary Sponsor
Edward Braunstein
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AI Summary
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Establishes a 90-day statewide substituted cathinone surrender program allowing individuals to anonymously surrender products containing substituted cathinones at locations throughout New York without criminal liability.
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Redefines Schedule I controlled substances in Public Health Law Section 3306 to broadly classify substituted cathinones (compounds derived from 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone with specific chemical modifications) rather than listing individual compounds, with bupropion exempted.
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Repeals existing paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule I subdivision (f) of Section 3306.
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Requires the Department of Health and Division of Criminal Justice Services to establish and maintain a public website database listing known substituted cathinones, their trade names, physical descriptions, effects, brand names, and product packaging images.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment, with the surrender program automatically expiring and repealing on day 91, while the substituted cathinone database provisions remain permanent.
Legislative Description
Establishes a substituted cathinone surrender program and designates substituted cathinones as schedule I stimulant controlled substances.
Last Action
referred to health
8/10/2012