New York S 5299: Requires prescription containers for opioid medications to have a red cap top and a printed warning

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S05299 Summary:

BILL NOS05299 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORASHBY

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, RHOADS, WEBER

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Amd §3331, Pub Health L

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Requires prescription containers for opioid medications to have a red cap top and a printed warning about the risks of overdose and addiction.

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02/20/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5299

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 20, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. ASHBY, BORRELLO, RHOADS, WEBER -- 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 requiring red cap
 tops with a printed warning for opioid medications

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdi-
 2 vision 4 of section 3331 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 3 415 of the laws of 1981, are amended to read as follows:
 4 No such substance [may] shall be dispensed unless it is enclosed with-
 5 in a suitable and durable container, and:
 6 (b) Such container shall be identified as a controlled substance by
 7 [either]:
 8 (i) an orange label;
 9 (ii) a label of another color over which is superimposed an orange
 10 transparent adhesive tape; or
 11 (iii) an auxiliary orange label affixed to the front of such container
 12 and bearing the legend, prominently marked or printed "Controlled
 13 Substance, Dangerous Unless Used As Directed";
 14 (c) Such container shall be sealed with a red cap top with the printed
 15 words: "Caution: OPIOID. Risk of overdose and addiction", or such simi-
 16 lar wording as developed and approved by the department. If red cap tops
 17 are not readily available due to production delays, such requirement may
 18 be satisfied by placing red stickers on top of existing caps, provided
 19 that such red stickers cover most, if not all, of such cap tops; and
 20 (d) Any label, transparency, or auxiliary label shall be applied in a
 21 manner which would inhibit its removal.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 23 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06192-01-5

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