Bill Text: NY S04649 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to adding dysmenorrhea as a covered condition for lawful medical use of marihuana.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S04649 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S04649-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4649 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 19, 2019 ___________ 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: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of 2 section 3360 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 273 of the 3 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 4 (i) having one of the following severe debilitating or life-threaten- 5 ing conditions: cancer, dysmenorrhea, positive status for human immuno- 6 deficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, amyotrophic 7 lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to 8 the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indi- 9 cation of intractable spasticity, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, 10 neuropathies, Huntington's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain 11 that degrades health and functional capability where the use of medical 12 marihuana is an alternative to opioid use, substance use disorder, or as 13 added by the commissioner; and 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that 15 the amendments to section 3360 of the public health law made by section 16 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be 17 deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00536-01-9