Amendment No. 137

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 119                                                                (BDR 54‑238)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                       

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting line 1 and inserting “6.  The”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, line 5, by deleting “may” and inserting “shall not”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 8 through 11 and inserting:

“year from the date of dispensing, the practitioner may use 1 year from the date of dispensing as the expiration date.] on the original label.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to prescriptions; prohibiting a practitioner from specifying on the label or other device for a drug or medicine an expiration date that is earlier than the expiration date specified by the manufacturer of the drug or medicine; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing specification of expiration date for certain drugs or medicines. (BDR 54-238)”.