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| 1 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1394Introduced by Assembly Member WallisFebruary 21, 2025 An act relating to solid waste. to add Part 6.23 (commencing with Section 1179.803) to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1394, as amended, Wallis. Solid waste: personal use pharmaceutical Personal opioid disposal systems.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation, to award naloxone grant funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or others in order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from opioids.This bill, subject to an appropriation, would require the department to establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems, as defined, to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. The bill would require the department to, among other things, provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system.Existing law establishes a stewardship program, under which a manufacturer or distributor of covered drugs or sharps, or other entity defined to be covered, is required to establish and operate, either on its own or as part of a group of covered entities through membership in a stewardship organization, a stewardship program for covered drugs or for sharps, as applicable. Under existing law, a stewardship program for home-generated sharps is required to provide a mail-back program that, among others, provides or initiates distribution of a sharps container and mail-back materials at the point of sale, as provided. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would provide individuals with personal use pharmaceutical disposal systems.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Part 6.23 (commencing with Section 1179.803) is added to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from prescription opioid drugs, the State Department of Public Health shall, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. (b) If establishing and administering the statewide program described in subdivision (a), the department shall do all of the following: (1) Establish guidelines for the environmentally safe and effective use of personal opioid disposal systems.(2) Provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system.(3) Prioritize communities disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis when distributing resources under the statewide program. (c) For purposes of this section, personal opioid disposal system means a portable product designed for a patients personal use for the purpose of allowing the patient of a prescribed drug containing an opioid to deactivate the prescribed drug containing an opioid to a nonretrievable condition or state. SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would provide individuals with personal use pharmaceutical disposal systems. | |
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| 3 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1394Introduced by Assembly Member WallisFebruary 21, 2025 An act relating to solid waste. to add Part 6.23 (commencing with Section 1179.803) to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1394, as amended, Wallis. Solid waste: personal use pharmaceutical Personal opioid disposal systems.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation, to award naloxone grant funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or others in order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from opioids.This bill, subject to an appropriation, would require the department to establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems, as defined, to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. The bill would require the department to, among other things, provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system.Existing law establishes a stewardship program, under which a manufacturer or distributor of covered drugs or sharps, or other entity defined to be covered, is required to establish and operate, either on its own or as part of a group of covered entities through membership in a stewardship organization, a stewardship program for covered drugs or for sharps, as applicable. Under existing law, a stewardship program for home-generated sharps is required to provide a mail-back program that, among others, provides or initiates distribution of a sharps container and mail-back materials at the point of sale, as provided. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would provide individuals with personal use pharmaceutical disposal systems.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO | |
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| 8 | 7 | Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025 | |
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| 10 | 9 | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION | |
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| 14 | 13 | No. 1394 | |
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| 16 | 15 | Introduced by Assembly Member WallisFebruary 21, 2025 | |
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| 18 | 17 | Introduced by Assembly Member Wallis | |
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| 21 | - | An act to add Part 6.23 (commencing with Section 1179.803) to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids. | |
| 20 | + | An act relating to solid waste. to add Part 6.23 (commencing with Section 1179.803) to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids. | |
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| 23 | 22 | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 25 | 24 | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 27 | - | AB 1394, as amended, Wallis. Personal opioid | |
| 26 | + | AB 1394, as amended, Wallis. Solid waste: personal use pharmaceutical Personal opioid disposal systems. | |
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| 29 | - | Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation, to award naloxone grant funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or others in order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from opioids.This bill, subject to an appropriation, would require the department to establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid | |
| 28 | + | Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation, to award naloxone grant funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or others in order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from opioids.This bill, subject to an appropriation, would require the department to establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems, as defined, to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. The bill would require the department to, among other things, provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system.Existing law establishes a stewardship program, under which a manufacturer or distributor of covered drugs or sharps, or other entity defined to be covered, is required to establish and operate, either on its own or as part of a group of covered entities through membership in a stewardship organization, a stewardship program for covered drugs or for sharps, as applicable. Under existing law, a stewardship program for home-generated sharps is required to provide a mail-back program that, among others, provides or initiates distribution of a sharps container and mail-back materials at the point of sale, as provided. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would provide individuals with personal use pharmaceutical disposal systems. | |
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| 31 | 30 | Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation, to award naloxone grant funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or others in order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from opioids. | |
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| 33 | - | This bill, subject to an appropriation, would require the department to establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid drug deactivation and disposal systems, as defined, systems to individuals to encourage safe and environmentally responsible disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. The bill would require the department to, among other things, provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system. and illicit opioids, as specified. | |
| 32 | + | This bill, subject to an appropriation, would require the department to establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems, as defined, to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. The bill would require the department to, among other things, provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system. | |
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| 34 | + | Existing law establishes a stewardship program, under which a manufacturer or distributor of covered drugs or sharps, or other entity defined to be covered, is required to establish and operate, either on its own or as part of a group of covered entities through membership in a stewardship organization, a stewardship program for covered drugs or for sharps, as applicable. Under existing law, a stewardship program for home-generated sharps is required to provide a mail-back program that, among others, provides or initiates distribution of a sharps container and mail-back materials at the point of sale, as provided. | |
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| 38 | + | This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would provide individuals with personal use pharmaceutical disposal systems. | |
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| 35 | 42 | ## Digest Key | |
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| 37 | 44 | ## Bill Text | |
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| 39 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Part 6.23 (commencing with Section 1179.803) is added to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of | |
| 46 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Part 6.23 (commencing with Section 1179.803) is added to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from prescription opioid drugs, the State Department of Public Health shall, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. (b) If establishing and administering the statewide program described in subdivision (a), the department shall do all of the following: (1) Establish guidelines for the environmentally safe and effective use of personal opioid disposal systems.(2) Provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system.(3) Prioritize communities disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis when distributing resources under the statewide program. (c) For purposes of this section, personal opioid disposal system means a portable product designed for a patients personal use for the purpose of allowing the patient of a prescribed drug containing an opioid to deactivate the prescribed drug containing an opioid to a nonretrievable condition or state. SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would provide individuals with personal use pharmaceutical disposal systems. | |
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| 41 | 48 | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 43 | 50 | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 45 | - | SECTION 1. Part 6.23 (commencing with Section 1179.803) is added to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of | |
| 52 | + | SECTION 1. Part 6.23 (commencing with Section 1179.803) is added to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from prescription opioid drugs, the State Department of Public Health shall, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. (b) If establishing and administering the statewide program described in subdivision (a), the department shall do all of the following: (1) Establish guidelines for the environmentally safe and effective use of personal opioid disposal systems.(2) Provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system.(3) Prioritize communities disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis when distributing resources under the statewide program. (c) For purposes of this section, personal opioid disposal system means a portable product designed for a patients personal use for the purpose of allowing the patient of a prescribed drug containing an opioid to deactivate the prescribed drug containing an opioid to a nonretrievable condition or state. | |
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| 47 | 54 | SECTION 1. Part 6.23 (commencing with Section 1179.803) is added to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: | |
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| 49 | 56 | ### SECTION 1. | |
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| 51 | - | PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of | |
| 58 | + | PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from prescription opioid drugs, the State Department of Public Health shall, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. (b) If establishing and administering the statewide program described in subdivision (a), the department shall do all of the following: (1) Establish guidelines for the environmentally safe and effective use of personal opioid disposal systems.(2) Provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system.(3) Prioritize communities disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis when distributing resources under the statewide program. (c) For purposes of this section, personal opioid disposal system means a portable product designed for a patients personal use for the purpose of allowing the patient of a prescribed drug containing an opioid to deactivate the prescribed drug containing an opioid to a nonretrievable condition or state. | |
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| 53 | - | PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of | |
| 60 | + | PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from prescription opioid drugs, the State Department of Public Health shall, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. (b) If establishing and administering the statewide program described in subdivision (a), the department shall do all of the following: (1) Establish guidelines for the environmentally safe and effective use of personal opioid disposal systems.(2) Provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system.(3) Prioritize communities disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis when distributing resources under the statewide program. (c) For purposes of this section, personal opioid disposal system means a portable product designed for a patients personal use for the purpose of allowing the patient of a prescribed drug containing an opioid to deactivate the prescribed drug containing an opioid to a nonretrievable condition or state. | |
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| 55 | 62 | PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems | |
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| 57 | 64 | PART 6.23. Personal Opioid Disposal Systems | |
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| 59 | - | 1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of | |
| 66 | + | 1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from prescription opioid drugs, the State Department of Public Health shall, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. (b) If establishing and administering the statewide program described in subdivision (a), the department shall do all of the following: (1) Establish guidelines for the environmentally safe and effective use of personal opioid disposal systems.(2) Provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system.(3) Prioritize communities disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis when distributing resources under the statewide program. (c) For purposes of this section, personal opioid disposal system means a portable product designed for a patients personal use for the purpose of allowing the patient of a prescribed drug containing an opioid to deactivate the prescribed drug containing an opioid to a nonretrievable condition or state. | |
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| 63 | - | 1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of | |
| 70 | + | 1179.803. (a) In order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from prescription opioid drugs, the State Department of Public Health shall, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, establish and administer a statewide program that awards funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations, regional opioid prevention coalitions, or both, to distribute personal opioid disposal systems to individuals to encourage safe disposal practices and mitigate risks associated with unused or expired prescription opioids. | |
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| 72 | + | (b) If establishing and administering the statewide program described in subdivision (a), the department shall do all of the following: | |
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| 67 | - | (1) Establish guidelines for the | |
| 74 | + | (1) Establish guidelines for the environmentally safe and effective use of personal opioid disposal systems. | |
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| 69 | - | (2) Provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system. | |
| 76 | + | (2) Provide an online portal for individuals to request a personal opioid disposal system. | |
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| 71 | 78 | (3) Prioritize communities disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis when distributing resources under the statewide program. | |
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| 80 | + | (c) For purposes of this section, personal opioid disposal system means a portable product designed for a patients personal use for the purpose of allowing the patient of a prescribed drug containing an opioid to deactivate the prescribed drug containing an opioid to a nonretrievable condition or state. | |
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| 75 | - | (c) For purposes of this section, personal opioid drug deactivation and disposal system means a portable product designed for a patients personal use for the purpose of allowing the patient of a prescribed drug containing an opioid to deactivate and permanently render the prescribed drug containing an opioid to a nonretrievable and nonabusable condition or state. | |
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| 84 | + | It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would provide individuals with personal use pharmaceutical disposal systems. |