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AB-2783 Controlled substances: hydrocodone combination products: schedules.(2017-2018)

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Date Published: 09/20/2018 09:00 PM
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Assembly Bill No. 2783
CHAPTER 589

An act to amend Sections 11055 and 11056 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.

[ Approved by Governor  September 20, 2018. Filed with Secretary of State  September 20, 2018. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2783, O’Donnell. Controlled substances: hydrocodone combination products: schedules.
Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 5 designated schedules, with the most restrictive limitations generally placed on controlled substances classified in Schedule I, and the least restrictive limitations generally placed on controlled substances classified in Schedule V. Existing law classifies hydrocodone as a Schedule II controlled substance. Existing law classifies specified compounds, including some hydrocodone compounds, as Schedule III controlled substances. Existing law imposes stringent prescription requirements on drugs classified as Schedule II, including a limitation on refills, the violation of which are crimes.
This bill would reclassify specified hydrocodone combination products as Schedule II controlled substances. By expanding the scope of the existing crimes that apply to Schedule II controlled substances, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11056 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 2589 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2589 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YES  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 11055 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

11055.
 (a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule II.
(b) Any of the following substances, except those narcotic drugs listed in other schedules, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:
(1) Opium, opiate, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate, with the exception of naloxone hydrochloride (N-allyl-14-hydroxy-nordihydromorphinone hydrochloride), but including the following:
(A) Raw opium.
(B) Opium extracts.
(C) Opium fluid extracts.
(D) Powdered opium.
(E) Granulated opium.
(F) Tincture of opium.
(G) Codeine.
(H) Ethylmorphine.
(I) (i) Hydrocodone.
(ii) Hydrocodone combination products with not more than 300 milligrams of dihydrocodeinone per 100 milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(iii) Oral liquid preparations of dihydrocodeinone containing the above specified amounts that contain, as its nonnarcotic ingredients, two or more antihistamines in combination with each other.
(iv) Hydrocodone combination products with not more than 300 milligrams of dihydrocodeinone per 100 milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with a fourfold or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium.
(J) Hydromorphone.
(K) Metopon.
(L) Morphine.
(M) Oxycodone.
(N) Oxymorphone.
(O) Thebaine.
(2) Any salt, compound, isomer, or derivative, whether natural or synthetic, of the substances referred to in paragraph (1), but not including the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium.
(3) Opium poppy and poppy straw.
(4) Coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves, but not including decocainized coca leaves or extractions which do not contain cocaine or ecgonine.
(5) Concentrate of poppy straw (the crude extract of poppy straw in either liquid, solid, or powder form which contains the phenanthrene alkaloids of the opium poppy).
(6) Cocaine, except as specified in Section 11054.
(7) Ecgonine, whether natural or synthetic, or any salt, isomer, derivative, or preparation thereof.
(c) Opiates. Unless specifically excepted or unless in another schedule, any of the following opiates, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers whenever the existence of those isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation, dextrorphan and levopropoxyphene excepted:
(1) Alfentanyl.
(2) Alphaprodine.
(3) Anileridine.
(4) Bezitramide.
(5) Bulk dextropropoxyphene (nondosage forms).
(6) Dihydrocodeine.
(7) Diphenoxylate.
(8) Fentanyl.
(9) Isomethadone.
(10) Levoalphacetylmethadol, also known as levo-alpha-acetylmethadol, levomethadyl acetate, or LAAM. This substance is authorized for the treatment of narcotic addicts under federal law (see Part 291 (commencing with Section 291.501) and Part 1308 (commencing with Section 1308.01) of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations).
(11) Levomethorphan.
(12) Levorphanol.
(13) Metazocine.
(14) Methadone.
(15) Methadone-Intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-4,
4-diphenyl butane.
(16) Moramide-Intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1,
1-diphenylpropane-carboxylic acid.
(17) Pethidine (meperidine).
(18) Pethidine-Intermediate-A,
4-cyano-1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine.
(19) Pethidine-Intermediate-B,
ethyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylate.
(20) Pethidine-Intermediate-C,
1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid.
(21) Phenazocine.
(22) Piminodine.
(23) Racemethorphan.
(24) Racemorphan.
(25) Sufentanyl.
(d) Stimulants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:
(1) Amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers.
(2) Methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers.
(3) Dimethylamphetamine (N,N-dimethylamphetamine), its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers.
(4) N-Ethylmethamphetamine (N-ethyl, N-methylamphetamine), its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers.
(5) Phenmetrazine and its salts.
(6) Methylphenidate.
(7) Khat, which includes all parts of the plant classified botanically as Catha Edulis, whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, any extract from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or extracts.
(8) Cathinone (also known as alpha-aminopropiophenone, 2-aminopropiophenone, and norephedrone).
(e) Depressants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of those salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(1) Amobarbital.
(2) Pentobarbital.
(3) Phencyclidines, including the following:
(A) 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl) piperidine (PCP).
(B) 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl) morpholine (PCM).
(C) Any analog of phencyclidine which is added by the Attorney General by regulation pursuant to this paragraph.
The Attorney General, or his or her designee, may, by rule or regulation, add additional analogs of phencyclidine to those enumerated in this paragraph after notice, posting, and hearing pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The Attorney General shall, in the calendar year of the regular session of the Legislature in which the rule or regulation is adopted, submit a draft of a proposed bill to each house of the Legislature which would incorporate the analogs into this code. No rule or regulation shall remain in effect beyond January 1 after the calendar year of the regular session in which the draft of the proposed bill is submitted to each house. However, if the draft of the proposed bill is submitted during a recess of the Legislature exceeding 45 calendar days, the rule or regulation shall be effective until January 1 after the next calendar year.
(4) Secobarbital.
(5) Glutethimide.
(f) Immediate precursors. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances:
(1) Immediate precursor to amphetamine and methamphetamine:
(A) Phenylacetone. Some trade or other names: phenyl-2 propanone; P2P; benzyl methyl ketone; methyl benzyl ketone.
(2) Immediate precursors to phencyclidine (PCP):
(A) 1-phenylcyclohexylamine.
(B) 1-piperidinocyclohexane carbonitrile (PCC).

SEC. 2.

 Section 11056 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

11056.
 (a)  The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule III.
(b)  Stimulants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers (whether optical, position, or geometric), and salts of those isomers whenever the existence of those salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(1)  Those compounds, mixtures, or preparations in dosage unit form containing any stimulant substances listed in Schedule II which compounds, mixtures, or preparations were listed on August 25, 1971, as excepted compounds under Section 1308.32 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and any other drug of the quantitative composition shown in that list for those drugs or which is the same except that it contains a lesser quantity of controlled substances.
(2)  Benzphetamine.
(3)  Chlorphentermine.
(4)  Clortermine.
(5)  Mazindol.
(6)  Phendimetrazine.
(c)  Depressants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system:
(1)  Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following:
(A)  Amobarbital
(B)  Secobarbital
(C)  Pentobarbital
or any salt thereof and one or more other active medicinal ingredients which are not listed in any schedule.
(2)  Any suppository dosage form containing any of the following:
(A)  Amobarbital
(B)  Secobarbital
(C)  Pentobarbital
or any salt of any of these drugs and approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for marketing only as a suppository.
(3)  Any substance which contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid or any salt thereof.
(4)  Chlorhexadol.
(5)  Lysergic acid.
(6)  Lysergic acid amide.
(7)  Methyprylon.
(8)  Sulfondiethylmethane.
(9)  Sulfonethylmethane.
(10)  Sulfonmethane.
(11)  Gamma hydroxybutyric acid, and its salts, isomers and salts of isomers, contained in a drug product for which an application has been approved under Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 355).
(d)  Nalorphine.
(e)  Narcotic drugs. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following narcotic drugs, or their salts calculated as the free anhydrous base or alkaloid, in limited quantities as set forth below:
(1)  Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with an equal or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium.
(2)  Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(3)  Not more than 1.8 grams of dihydrocodeine per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(4)  Not more than 300 milligrams of ethylmorphine per 100 milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(5)  Not more than 500 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams or not more than 25 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(6)  Not more than 50 milligrams of morphine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(f)  Anabolic steroids and chorionic gonadotropin. Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing chorionic gonadotropin or an anabolic steroid (excluding anabolic steroid products listed in the “Table of Exempt Anabolic Steroid Products” (Section 1308.34 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations), as exempt from the federal Controlled Substances Act (Section 801 and following of Title 21 of the United States Code)), including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)  Androisoxazole.
(2)  Androstenediol.
(3)  Bolandiol.
(4)  Bolasterone.
(5)  Boldenone.
(6)  Chlormethandienone.
(7)  Clostebol.
(8)  Dihydromesterone.
(9)  Ethylestrenol.
(10)  Fluoxymesterone.
(11)  Formyldienolone.
(12)  4-Hydroxy-19-nortestosterone.
(13)  Mesterolone.
(14)  Methandriol.
(15)  Methandrostenolone.
(16)  Methenolone.
(17)  17-Methyltestosterone.
(18)  Methyltrienolone.
(19)  Nandrolone.
(20)  Norbolethone.
(21)  Norethandrolone.
(22)  Normethandrolone.
(23)  Oxandrolone.
(24)  Oxymestrone.
(25)  Oxymetholone.
(26)  Quinbolone.
(27)  Stanolone.
(28)  Stanozolol.
(29)  Stenbolone.
(30)  Testosterone.
(31)  Trenbolone.
(32)  Chorionic Gonadotropin (HGC).
(g)  Ketamine. Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing ketamine.
(h)  Hallucinogenic substances. Any of the following hallucinogenic substances: dronabinol (synthetic) in sesame oil and encapsulated in a soft gelatin capsule in a drug product approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

SEC. 2.5.

 Section 11056 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

11056.
 (a)  The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule III.
(b)  Stimulants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers (whether optical, position, or geometric), and salts of those isomers whenever the existence of those salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(1)  Those compounds, mixtures, or preparations in dosage unit form containing any stimulant substances listed in Schedule II which compounds, mixtures, or preparations were listed on August 25, 1971, as excepted compounds under Section 1308.32 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and any other drug of the quantitative composition shown in that list for those drugs or that is the same except that it contains a lesser quantity of controlled substances.
(2)  Benzphetamine.
(3)  Chlorphentermine.
(4)  Clortermine.
(5)  Mazindol.
(6)  Phendimetrazine.
(c)  Depressants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system:
(1)  Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following:
(A)  Amobarbital
(B)  Secobarbital
(C)  Pentobarbital
or any salt thereof and one or more other active medicinal ingredients that are not listed in any schedule.
(2)  Any suppository dosage form containing any of the following:
(A)  Amobarbital
(B)  Secobarbital
(C)  Pentobarbital
or any salt of any of these drugs and approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for marketing only as a suppository.
(3)  Any substance that contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid or any salt thereof.
(4)  Chlorhexadol.
(5)  Lysergic acid.
(6)  Lysergic acid amide.
(7)  Methyprylon.
(8)  Sulfondiethylmethane.
(9)  Sulfonethylmethane.
(10)  Sulfonmethane.
(11)  Gamma hydroxybutyric acid, and its salts, isomers and salts of isomers, contained in a drug product for which an application has been approved under Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 355).
(d)  Nalorphine.
(e)  Narcotic drugs. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following narcotic drugs, or their salts calculated as the free anhydrous base or alkaloid, in limited quantities as set forth below:
(1)  Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with an equal or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium.
(2)  Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(3) Not more than 1.8 grams of dihydrocodeine per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(4) Not more than 300 milligrams of ethylmorphine per 100 milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(5) Not more than 500 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams or not more than 25 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(6) Not more than 50 milligrams of morphine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.
(f)  Anabolic steroids and chorionic gonadotropin. Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing chorionic gonadotropin or an anabolic steroid (excluding anabolic steroid products listed in the “Table of Exempt Anabolic Steroid Products” (Section 1308.34 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations), as exempt from the federal Controlled Substances Act (Section 801 and following of Title 21 of the United States Code)), including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)  Androisoxazole.
(2)  Androstenediol.
(3)  Bolandiol.
(4)  Bolasterone.
(5)  Boldenone.
(6)  Chlormethandienone.
(7)  Clostebol.
(8)  Dihydromesterone.
(9)  Ethylestrenol.
(10)  Fluoxymesterone.
(11)  Formyldienolone.
(12)  4-Hydroxy-19-nortestosterone.
(13)  Mesterolone.
(14)  Methandriol.
(15)  Methandrostenolone.
(16)  Methenolone.
(17)  17-Methyltestosterone.
(18)  Methyltrienolone.
(19)  Nandrolone.
(20)  Norbolethone.
(21)  Norethandrolone.
(22)  Normethandrolone.
(23)  Oxandrolone.
(24)  Oxymestrone.
(25)  Oxymetholone.
(26)  Quinbolone.
(27)  Stanolone.
(28)  Stanozolol.
(29)  Stenbolone.
(30)  Testosterone.
(31)  Trenbolone.
(32) Human clorionic gonadotropin (hCG), except when possessed by, sold to, purchased by, transferred to, or administered by a licensed veterinarian, or a licensed veterinarian’s designated agent, exclusively for veterinary use.
(g)  Ketamine. Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing ketamine.
(h)  Hallucinogenic substances. Any of the following hallucinogenic substances: dronabinol (synthetic) in sesame oil and encapsulated in a soft gelatin capsule in a drug product approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

SEC. 3.

 Section 2.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to Section 11056 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by both this bill and Assembly Bill 2589. That section shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2019, (2) each bill amends Section 11056 of the Health and Safety Code, and (3) this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 2589, in which case Section 2 of this bill shall not become operative.

SEC. 4.

 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.