BILL NUMBER: AB 403	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Stone

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2013

   An act to amend Section 47115 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 403, as introduced, Stone. Solid waste: home-generated sharps.
   Existing law requires a pharmaceutical manufacturer selling or
distributing medication that is intended to be self-injected at home
to submit, on an annual basis, to the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery a plan supporting the safe collection and
proper disposal of specified waste devices.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 47115 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   47115.  A pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells or distributes a
medication in California that is usually intended to be self-injected
at home through the use of a hypodermic needle, pen needle,
intravenous needle, or any other similar device, shall, on or before
July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, submit to the  board,
or its successor agency   department  , a plan that
describes how the manufacturer supports the safe collection and
proper disposal of the waste devices.