New York A 1059: Increases penalties for the crimes of criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions and criminal sale of a prescription

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A01059 Summary:

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Amd §§178.10, 178.15, 178.20, 178.25 & 220.65, Pen L

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Increases penalties for the crimes of criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in the first, second, third and fourth degrees and criminal sale of a prescription.

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01/08/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1059

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing penalties for
 the crimes of criminal diversion of prescription medications and
 prescriptions in the first, second, third and fourth degrees and crim-
 inal sale of a prescription

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 178.10 of the penal law,
 2 as added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in
 5 the fourth degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E felony.
 6 § 2. The closing paragraph of section 178.15 of the penal law, as
 7 added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 8 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in
 9 the third degree is a class [E] D felony.
 10 § 3. The closing paragraph of section 178.20 of the penal law, as
 11 added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 12 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in
 13 the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
 14 § 4. The closing paragraph of section 178.25 of the penal law, as
 15 added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 16 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in
 17 the first degree is a class [C] B felony.
 18 § 5. The closing paragraph of section 220.65 of the penal law, as
 19 amended by chapter 31 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
 20 follows:
 21 Criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance or of a
 22 controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist is a class [C] B
 23 felony.
 24 § 6. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 25 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00130-01-5

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