Assembly Bill A1659

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing for the use of medical marihuana for autism spectrum disorder

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2021-A1659 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3360, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A2217

2021-A1659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing for the use of medical marihuana for autism spectrum disorder.

2021-A1659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1659
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA, SIMON, SAYEGH, FALL, GOTTFRIED,
   GRIFFIN, DICKENS, PICHARDO, ABBATE, HEVESI, GUNTHER, McMAHON, HYNDMAN,
   RAMOS,  ASHBY,  McDONOUGH,  MORINELLO,  B. MILLER,   SMULLEN,   STECK,
   M. MILLER  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DeSTEFANO, GALEF, THIELE
   -- 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 for autism spectrum 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 273 of the laws of 2018, 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, AUTISM SPECTRUM  DISORDER,  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
 be deemed repealed therewith.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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