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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 262

Storage and Disposal of Prescription Drugs and Sharps
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SPONSOR
Burgess
FILED BY
Danny Burgess — District 23, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Regulated Industries

Filed under Healthcare.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Storage and Disposal of Prescription Drugs and Sharps; Exempting an establishment that stores, warehouses, or holds noncontrolled prescription drugs solely for the purpose of arranging for their destruction from compliance with specified provisions, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Exempts drug-destruction storage sites from most handling requirements.

An establishment that only stores or holds noncontrolled prescription drugs to arrange for their destruction no longer has to comply with several storage and handling requirements that otherwise apply -- but only for those specific drugs, not controlled substances.

In exchange, that establishment must still keep records of where each shipment of drugs came from, a description of that location's inventory, how much was collected, and when, where, and how it was destroyed.

The department's general rulemaking directive is also relocated into a new numbered subsection, without changing what it requires -- a housekeeping change, not a substantive one.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Exempts destruction-only sites from listed storage requirements majors. 499.0121

AIAn establishment that only stores or holds noncontrolled prescription drugs to arrange for their destruction is freed from complying with seven specific storage and handling subsections, for those drugs only.

“is not required to comply with paragraph (1)(c), subsection (3), subsection (4), subsection (5), subsection (6), paragraphs (8)(a), (b), and (d), or subsection (13)” bill text, line 437 →
§ 2 Requires replacement records for exempted drugs majors. 499.0121

AIIn place of the exempted requirements, the establishment must document the collection location, a formulary or description of that location's drugs, the amount collected, and how, when, and where the drugs were destroyed.

“shall maintain records of the locations from which the prescription drugs were collected, a formulary or description of that location's prescription drugs” bill text, line 441 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Regulated Industries
1/13/2026
Introduced
11/3/2025
Referred to Regulated Industries; Health Policy; Fiscal Policy
10/22/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 499.0121
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