Senate Bill 326
AUTOMATIC SCHEDULING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Senate Bill 326 Bill Information
Description: SB 326 would create a process to align PA’s controlled substances schedules with federal regulations. Specifically, when a substance is added to federal controlled substance schedules, the state secretary of health would automatically schedule the same substance in Pennsylvania, but with a structured notification and objection process.
PA Justice Alliance Member Positions & Feedback
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SB 326 would permit the automatic scheduling and rescheduling of substances under PA's drug code to align with federal drug schedules. The ACLU-PA would have been neutral on this stand-alone change. However, SB 326 not only fails to provide for a similar process to deschedule or lower the schedule of a substance if/when its federal schedule changes, but it also eliminates the current ability for the PA Secretary of Health to make such an adjustment.
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