assembly Bill A1125A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of a serious condition regarding the medical use of marihuana

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 ordered to third reading cal.53
Jun 05, 2019 starred on calendar
Mar 11, 2019 amended on third reading 1125a
Mar 07, 2019 advanced to third reading cal.100
Mar 05, 2019 reported
Jan 29, 2019 reported referred to codes
Jan 14, 2019 referred to health

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A1125 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3360, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8904
2021-2022: A169

A1125 - Summary

Defines a serious condition regarding the medical use of marihuana as a condition, or symptom or complication of the condition or its treatment, for which, in the practitioner's professional opinion and review of past treatments, the patient is likely to receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from primary or adjunctive treatment with medical use of medical marihuana.

A1125 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  1125

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, ABINANTI, DINOWITZ, L. ROSEN-
  THAL,  ORTIZ,  SIMON, CAHILL, BRONSON, D'URSO, HEVESI, LIFTON, JAFFEE,
  SEAWRIGHT, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  COOK,  CRESPO,
  LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the definition of
  a serious condition regarding the medical use of marihuana

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 3360 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 90 of the laws of 2014 and paragraph (a) as amended  by
chapter 273 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
  7. [(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, 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.
  (b) No later than eighteen months from  the  effective  date  of  this
section,  the  commissioner shall determine whether to add the following
serious conditions: Alzheimer's,  muscular  dystrophy,  dystonia,  post-
traumatic  stress disorder and rheumatoid arthritis] A SEVERE DEBILITAT-

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

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A1125A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3360, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8904
2021-2022: A169

A1125A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines a serious condition regarding the medical use of marihuana as a condition, or symptom or complication of the condition or its treatment, for which, in the practitioner's professional opinion and review of past treatments, the patient is likely to receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from primary or adjunctive treatment with medical use of medical marihuana.

A1125A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 1125--A
                                                        Cal. No. 100

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, ABINANTI, DINOWITZ, L. ROSEN-
  THAL,  ORTIZ,  SIMON, CAHILL, BRONSON, D'URSO, HEVESI, LIFTON, JAFFEE,
  SEAWRIGHT, WEPRIN, WOERNER, SAYEGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.
  COOK,  CRESPO,  DeSTEFANO,  LENTOL  --  read  once and referred to the
  Committee on Health -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes
  -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading,  amended  and
  ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the definition of
  a serious condition regarding the medical use of marihuana

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 3360 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 90 of the laws of 2014 and paragraph (a) as amended  by
chapter 273 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
  7. [(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, 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.

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