NY State Senate Bill 2017-S7564

Senate Bill S7564

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Adds opioid use disorder to the list of conditions covered for lawful medical use of marihuana

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Jan 25, 2018	referred to health

2017-S7564 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9016
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3360, Pub Health L

2017-S7564 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds opioid use disorder to the list of conditions covered for lawful medical use of marihuana.

2017-S7564 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7564

SPONSOR: SAVINO
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
adding opioid use disorder to the list of conditions covered for lawful
medical use of marihuana

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would add opioid use disorder to the list of conditions for
which a health care practitioner may authorize the use of medical canna-
bis.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of
3360 of the public health law.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

The current opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in American
history. Opioid overdoses have surpassed gun-related murders and car
accidents as the leading cause of death for Americans under 50 years
old, killing an estimated 54,000 people last year. New York State is no
exception to this crisis. In the City of New York alone, over 1,300
people fatally overdosed in 2016, a 46% increase from 2015.  Addi-
tionally, overdose rates have risen among all demographic groups and
throughout the State. We must act now to stymie the rise of deadly over-
doses.

Opioid overdose deaths are preventable. As many New Yorkers turn toward
addictive opioids to relieve chronic pain, medical cannabis can serve as
a powerful substitute for these deadly substances.  According to a study
by The National Bureau of Economic Research, states with legalized
medical cannabis experienced reductions in hospitalizations related to
opioid use and abuse, opioid-related traffic fatalities, opioid-related
drug treatment admissions, and opioid-related overdose deaths. This
indicates that providing broader access to medical cannabis has the
potential of saving lives and helping to curtail opioid abuse.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
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.

2017-S7564 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7564
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- 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 opioid  use
   disorder  to  the list of conditions covered for lawful medical use of
   marihuana
 
   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 403 of  the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (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, OPIOID USE DISOR-
 DER, or as added by the commissioner; and
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision
 7  of 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.
                                                            LBD13973-01-7

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