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The California legislature passed SB 212 with a 39-0 vote off the Senate floor and it is now awaiting the
Governor’s signature. This newsletter
provides an overview on SB 212 with opportunities to learn more!
All images are hyperlinked to articles and websites.
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SB
212 (Jackson, Gray, Ting) would establish a stewardship program, under which a manufacturer or distributor of covered drugs or sharps, or other entity defined to be covered by the bill,
would be required to establish and implement, 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.
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The Governor has until 9/30/18 at midnight to sign!
See the CPSC
Coalition Sign-on Letter urging Governor Brown to sign SB 212
Use our
model letter to submit your own request to Governor Brown
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Why is SB 212 unique in the U.S.?
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This is the only statewide program for needles/sharps and meds!
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Allows existing
ordinances to continue
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Requires the stewardship organizations to be IRS 501(C)3 orgs for public benefit.
More details will be presented on the webinar!
So please join us!
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Links to key SB 212 documents:
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Go to the
CPSC webpage
for more bill information
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Register now!
Date:
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 at 9 AM – 10:30 AM
PT
Registration
Cost:
FREE for CPSC and NSAC funders; $75 for Government and Nonprofits; $125 for everyone else
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Recent Press on
Medicine and Needles
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Analysis conducted by Margaret Shield, PhD of Community Environmental Health Strategies for the San Francisco
Department of the Environment
For more information contact
Community Environmental Health Strategies at
(206) 499-5452
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Watch the KCRA
3 segment (above) about piles of discarded needles found near a school in Stockton,
California. SB212 would
require the manufacturers to set up a convenient statewide take-back program for needles and medicines to prevent scenes like this!
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