New York A 2722: Establishes duties for pharmacies when pharmacists employed by such pharmacy refuse to fill prescriptions on the basis of personal beliefs

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A02722 Summary:

BILL NOA02722A

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SAME ASSAME AS S04486-A

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Taylor, Zaccaro, McDonough

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §840, add §837-aa, Exec L

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Requires the municipal police training council establish standards for the destruction of controlled substances; requires such destruction of controlled substances policies be publicly available.

Go to top A02722 Actions:

BILL NOA02722A

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01/22/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

04/21/2026amend and recommit to codes

04/21/2026print number 2722a

04/28/2026reported 

04/30/2026advanced to third reading cal.401

Go to topA02722 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:04/28/2026AYE/NAY:12/6 Action: Favorable DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAbsent

CruzAye

BoresAbsent

ReyesAye

CunninghamExcused

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA02722 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02722 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2722--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, LEVENBERG, TAYLOR, ZACCARO, McDONOUGH --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Codes in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the munici-
 pal police training council establish standards for the destruction of
 controlled substances

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

 1 Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
 3 9. The council shall, in addition:
 4 (a) Develop, maintain, and disseminate, in consultation with the
 5 department of environmental conservation and department of health, a
 6 minimum standards policy governing the destruction of controlled
 7 substances by law enforcement. The minimum standards policy shall
 8 include, but not be limited to, a method of destruction that will render
 9 all controlled substances to a non-retrievable state to prevent diver-
 10 sion and protect the public health and safety consistent with 21 CFR
 11 Part 1317, prohibited methods of destruction, record retention and
 12 management, and training.
 13 (b) Recommend to the governor, the temporary president of the senate
 14 and the speaker of the assembly, rules and regulations with respect to
 15 the establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training
 16 program for all current and new police officers regarding the policies
 17 and procedures established pursuant to this subdivision, along with
 18 recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers.
 19 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-aa to
 20 read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00856-02-6

 A. 2722--A 2

 1 § 837-aa. Disclosure of the minimum standards policy for the
 2 destruction of controlled substances by law enforcement agencies. All
 3 state and local law enforcement agencies shall post such minimum stand-
 4 ards policy, as promulgated under subdivision nine of section eight
 5 hundred forty of this article on its website, or if such law enforcement
 6 agency does not maintain a website, in its main office. Such policy
 7 shall be made available to the public upon request.
 8 § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 9 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 10 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 11 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 12 date.

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