BILL NUMBER: SB 419	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to amend Sections 47115 and 47116 of the Public Resources
Code, relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 419, as introduced, Simitian. 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. The manufacturer is
required to post and maintain a copy of the plan on its Internet Web
site.
   This bill would require the above plan to be submitted in an
electronic format as prescribed by the department. The bill would
require the manufacturer to post and maintain a copy of the plan in a
readily accessible location on its Internet Web site.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
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.  The plan shall be
submitted in an electronic format as prescribed by the department.

  SEC. 2.  Section 47116 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   47116.  (a) The manufacturer shall post and maintain a copy of the
plans required pursuant to Section 47115  in a readily
accessible location  on its Internet Web site.
   (b) The  board, or its successor agency,  
department  shall post and maintain copies of the plans
submitted by the manufacturers pursuant to Section 47115 on its
Internet Web site.