S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2217
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 22, 2019
___________
Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing for the
use of medical marihuana for autism spectrum disorder
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 amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 2018, 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, AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, post-traumatic stress
disorder, pain that degrades health and functional capability where the
use of medical marihuana is an alternative to opioid use, substance use
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, however, that
the amendments to section 3360 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be deemed repealed therewith.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.
LBD03354-01-9