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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to health |
Jan 11, 2021 | referred to health |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
Nader sayegh
Charles Fall
Richard Gottfried
Multi-Sponsors
Joe DeStefano
Sandy Galef
Fred Thiele
A1659 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3360, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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A2217
A1659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1659 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA, SIMON, SAYEGH, FALL, GOTTFRIED, GRIFFIN, DICKENS, PICHARDO, ABBATE, HEVESI, GUNTHER, McMAHON, HYNDMAN, RAMOS, ASHBY, McDONOUGH, MORINELLO, B. MILLER, SMULLEN, STECK, M. MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DeSTEFANO, GALEF, THIELE -- 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