Assembly Bill A11011A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing for the use of medical marihuana as an alternative to opioids for pain management and substance use disorder

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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co-Sponsors

2017-A11011 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3360, Pub Health L

2017-A11011 - Summary

Relates to allowing for the use of medical marihuana as an alternative to opioids for pain management and substance use disorder.

2017-A11011 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11011
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gottfried)
   -- 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 as an alternative to opioids for pain manage-
   ment
 
   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 403 of the laws of 2017, 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, post-traumatic stress  disorder,  PAIN  WHERE  THE
 PRACTITIONER  DETERMINES  (A)  THE  PAIN  DEGRADES HEALTH AND FUNCTIONAL
 CAPABILITY AND (B) THE USE OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA  IS  AN  ALTERNATIVE  TO
 OPIOID  USE OR THE PATIENT HAS CONTRAINDICATIONS, HAS EXPERIENCED INTOL-
 ERABLE SIDE EFFECTS, OR HAS EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF ONE OR MORE PREVIOUS-
 LY TRIED THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS, 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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15986-01-8

co-Sponsors

2017-A11011A - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3360, Pub Health L

2017-A11011A - Summary

Relates to allowing for the use of medical marihuana as an alternative to opioids for pain management and substance use disorder.

2017-A11011A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 11011--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gottfried,
   Lupardo) -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --
   reported  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Codes -- reported and
   referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee
   on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing  for  the
   use of medical marihuana as an alternative to opioids for pain manage-
   ment
 
   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 403 of the laws of 2017, 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, post-traumatic stress disorder, PAIN THAT DEGRADES
 HEALTH AND FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITY WHERE THE USE OF MEDICAL  MARIHUANA  IS
 AN ALTERNATIVE TO OPIOID USE, 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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2017-A11011B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3360, Pub Health L

2017-A11011B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing for the use of medical marihuana as an alternative to opioids for pain management and substance use disorder.

2017-A11011B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 11011--B
                                                            R. R. 201
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gottfried,
   Lupardo, L. Rosenthal) -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
   Health  -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported
   and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as  amended and recommitted to the
   Committee on Rules -- again amended on special order of third reading,
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the special order  of  third
   reading
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing for the
   use of medical marihuana as an alternative to opioids for pain manage-
   ment and substance use 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 403 of the  laws  of  2017,  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, 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

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