Bill Text: NY S01862 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to defining the term synthetic cannabinoid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01862 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01862-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1862
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 16, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation  to
          synthetic cannabinoids
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 3302 of the public health law is amended by  adding
     2  two new subdivisions 44 and 45 to read as follows:
     3    44. "Synthetic cannabinoid" means any chemical compound that is chemi-
     4  cally synthesized and:
     5    (a)  has  been  demonstrated to have a binding activity at one or more
     6  cannabinoid receptors; or
     7    (b) is a chemical isomer, salt or salt of an isomer of a compound that
     8  has been demonstrated to have binding activity at one or  more  cannabi-
     9  noid receptors.
    10    "Synthetic  cannabinoid"  does not include any products that have been
    11  approved for medical use by the United States  Food  and  Drug  Adminis-
    12  tration.
    13    45. "Synthetic cannabinoid analog" means any chemical that is substan-
    14  tially  similar  in  chemical  structure to a chemical compound that has
    15  been determined to have binding activity  at  one  or  more  cannabinoid
    16  receptors.  It does not include any products that have been approved for
    17  medical use by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
    18    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 220.00 of the penal law, as  amended  by
    19  chapter 537 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
    20    5.  "Controlled  substance"  means any substance listed in schedule I,
    21  II, III, IV or V of section  thirty-three  hundred  six  of  the  public
    22  health  law  other  than marihuana, but including concentrated cannabis,
    23  synthetic cannabinoid, and synthetic cannabinoid analog  as  defined  in
    24  [paragraph  (a) of subdivision four of] section thirty-three hundred two
    25  of such law.
    26    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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