S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4589
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 10, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adding dysmenor-
rhea to the list of conditions covered for lawful medical use of mari-
huana
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of 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:
(i) having one of the following severe debilitating or life-threaten-
ing conditions: cancer, DYSMENORRHEA, positive status for human immuno-
deficiency 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 indi-
cation 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
§ 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deemed repealed therewith.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.
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