Establishes offenses for homicide due to criminal sale of controlled substances, defines criminal sale to a child, and increases penalties for.
This bill amends the penal law to establish offenses for homicide due to criminal sale of controlled substances, including a new offense for criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the first degree. It expands the definition of controlled substances for certain offenses, increases the felony classification for specific controlled substance offenses, and includes electronic prescriptions and blank prescription forms in the definition of certain controlled substance offenses. The bill also mandates an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for these offenses.
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