assembly Bill A7006

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to conditions permitting the use of medical marihuana

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 11, 2017 signed chap.403
Nov 10, 2017 delivered to governor
Jun 20, 2017 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.903
substituted for s5629
May 02, 2017 referred to health
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Apr 27, 2017 advanced to third reading cal.239
Apr 25, 2017 reported
Mar 29, 2017 referred to health

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Jun 20, 2017 - floor Vote

A7006
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Floor Vote: Jun 20, 2017

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A7006 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5629
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3360, Pub Health L

A7006 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes post-traumatic stress disorder as a condition permitting the use of medical marihuana.

A7006 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7006

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 29, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED, KEARNS, ZEBROWSKI, ORTIZ, MOSLEY,
  LAVINE, HUNTER, COOK, HEVESI, D'URSO, SKOUFIS, SIMON, GLICK, McDONALD,
  M. L. MILLER, SEPULVEDA, WALTER, PEOPLES-STOKES, HOOPER, GALEF,  RICH-
  ARDSON,  MOYA, CARROLL, BLAKE, LUPARDO, BRINDISI -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A.  CAHILL, DINOWITZ, FARRELL, LENTOL, McDONOUGH, McLAUGHLIN,
  MORINELLO, ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to conditions permit-
  ting the use of medical marihuana

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  7 of section 3360 of the
public health law, as added by chapter  90  of  the  laws  of  2014,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (a) "Serious condition" means:
  (i)  having one of the following severe debilitating or life-threaten-
ing conditions: cancer, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus
or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, amyotrophic  lateral  sclerosis,
Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of
the  spinal  cord  with objective neurological indication of intractable
spasticity,  epilepsy,   inflammatory   bowel   disease,   neuropathies,
Huntington's disease, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, or as added by the
commissioner; and
  (ii) any of the following conditions where it is clinically associated
with,  or  a  complication  of,  a condition under this paragraph or its
treatment: cachexia or wasting syndrome; severe or chronic pain;  severe
nausea; seizures; severe or persistent muscle spasms; or such conditions
as are added by the commissioner.
  §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
ments to title 5-A of article 33  of  the  public  health  law  made  by
section  one  of  this act shall not affect the repeal of such title and
shall be deemed repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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