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Assembly Bill A9945

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to a fee waiver for registry identification cards for veterans

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2017-A9945 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3363, Pub Health L

2017-A9945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a fee waiver for veterans who are applying for registry identification cards for medical marihuana.

2017-A9945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9945
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to waiving the regis-
   tration  application fee for veterans who apply for registry identifi-
   cation cards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (f)  of  subdivision  2 of section 3363 of the
 public health law, as added by chapter  90  of  the  laws  of  2014,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (f)  a fifty dollar application fee, provided, that the department may
 waive or reduce the fee in cases of financial hardship OR THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL WAIVE SUCH FEE IF THE PATIENT  IS  A  VETERAN  WHO  WAS  HONORABLY
 DISCHARGED  OR RELEASED UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FROM SUCH SERVICE;
 and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately,  provided  however,  that
 the  amendments to section 3363 of the public health law made by section
 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
 deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13704-03-8

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