HB0106 - Prescription drugs in jails.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0053

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0106

 

 

Prescription drugs in jails.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) Baker

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; providing that the
 2  improper ingestion of prescription medication by a person
 3  in the state's custody is a crime as specified; and
 4  providing for an effective date.

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 6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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 8         Section 1.  W.S. 6-5-208 is amended to read:

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10         6-5-208.  Taking controlled substances or liquor into
11  jails, penal institutions or mental hospitals; penalties.

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13         (a)  Except as authorized by a person in charge, a
14  person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not
15  more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three
16  thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if that person:

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 1              (i)  Takes or passes any controlled substance or
 2  intoxicating liquor into a jail, a state penal institution,
 3  the Wyoming boys' school, Wyoming girls' school, a
 4  correctional facility operated by a private entity pursuant
 5  to W.S. 7-22-102 or the state hospital;. or

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 7              (ii)  Possesses any prescription medication or
 8  ingests a prescription medication in a manner inconsistent
 9  with the instructions printed on the label of the original
10  container supplied with the medication, while in the
11  custody of a jail, a state penal institution, the Wyoming
12  boys' school, the Wyoming girls' school, a correctional
13  facility operated by a private entity pursuant to W.S.
14  7-22-102 or the state hospital.

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16         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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18                         (END)

 

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