Modifying the drug take-back program.

Added a new one-time fee of $70,000 to be collected by August 1, 2025, split evenly among approved program operators to fund a legislative review.

Replaced the previous fee collection schedule (starting October 1, 2019) with a single one-time collection deadline of August 1, 2025.

Created a new section requiring the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct an expedited review of the department's fee-setting authority and report results by December 31, 2025.

Extended the effective date for the repeal of several existing acts from an unspecified date to January 1, 2030.

Updated the bill title from 'Second Substitute House Bill' to 'Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill' and adjusted the act description to reflect the new section creation.

The bill title was changed from 'HOUSE BILL 1422' to 'SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1422' and the bill number was updated from 'Z-0034.2' to 'H-1212.2'. The sponsor list was modified to include the committee assignment 'House Health Care & Wellness'.

The repeal schedule at the end of the bill was modified to remove references to the deleted new section regarding collection parity fines and to correct the citation for the repealed fee section.

The annual report requirement for program operators was modified by removing the mandatory submission of next year's collection and public awareness goals, and deleting the requirement to explain why a budget reduction will not affect statewide access or weight collected.

The requirement for program operators to submit an estimated budget for the next year was modified to remove the condition that operators must explain why a budget less than 80% of the previous year's budget will not reduce access or weight collected.

Enforcement language was modified to remove the requirement that program operators must explain why a lower budget will not result in less access or weight collected, and the specific enforcement action regarding budget explanations was removed.

The requirement for the Department to send a warning notice to manufacturers failing to participate in the program was modified to remove the specific reference to 'penalties' in the warning text, though the authority to assess penalties remains.

A new section requiring civil fines against program operators who fail to meet collection parity goals (collecting roughly equivalent amounts to other operators) was completely removed from the bill.

The fee structure for program operators was modified by removing the cap that limited fees to 10% of the program's annual expenditures, allowing fees to be set solely to cover actual administrative costs.

Changed the fee calculation cap from ten percent of the program's total annual expenditures to ten percent of the highest annual expenditures of any single program operator.

Removed specific provisions allowing annual fee adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate.

Updated the bill title from 'Substitute House Bill' to 'Second Substitute House Bill' and transferred sponsorship from the House Health Care & Wellness committee to the House Appropriations committee.

Corrected the reading date of the bill from February 21, 2025, to February 28, 2025.