Senate File 579 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO SF 542) (SUCCESSOR TO SF 291) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to a pharmaceutical collection and disposal pilot 2 project. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2511SZ 82 5 tm/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. PHARMACEUTICAL COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL PILOT 1 2 PROJECT. Of the moneys allocated under section 455E.11, 1 3 subsection 2, paragraph "a", subparagraph (1), subparagraph 1 4 subdivision (c), the department shall use two hundred 1 5 twenty=five thousand dollars for a one=year pharmaceutical 1 6 collection and disposal pilot project beginning May 1, 2007. 1 7 The project shall demonstrate how to properly manage and 1 8 dispose of unused, excess, old, or seized pharmaceuticals 1 9 through approved techniques that exclude disposal in a 1 10 landfill and disposal to a municipal wastewater treatment 1 11 facility. The department shall award moneys allocated 1 12 pursuant to this section to a public agency that operates a 1 13 household hazardous waste regional collection center that 1 14 serves a minimum of fifteen counties, that is licensed as a 1 15 reverse distributor by the board of pharmacy examiners, and 1 16 that is endorsed by the governor's office of drug control 1 17 policy. The department shall make the award to a public 1 18 agency who applies in a manner and according to procedures 1 19 required by the department. 1 20 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 21 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 22 EXPLANATION 1 23 This bill relates to a pharmaceutical collection and 1 24 disposal pilot project. 1 25 The bill allows the department of natural resources to use 1 26 $225,000 from the solid waste account of the groundwater 1 27 protection fund for purposes of a one=year pharmaceutical 1 28 collection and disposal pilot project beginning May 1, 2007. 1 29 The bill provides that the pilot project shall demonstrate how 1 30 to properly manage and dispose of unused, excess, old, or 1 31 seized pharmaceuticals through approved techniques that 1 32 exclude disposal in a landfill and disposal to a municipal 1 33 wastewater treatment facility. The bill requires the 1 34 department to award moneys to a public agency that operates a 1 35 household hazardous waste regional collection center that 2 1 serves a minimum of 15 counties, that is licensed as a reverse 2 2 distributor by the board of pharmacy examiners, and that is 2 3 endorsed by the governor's office of drug control policy. 2 4 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 2 5 LSB 2511SZ 82 2 6 tm:nh/gg/14