NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4589

Senate Bill S4589

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Amends the public health law to add dysmenorrhea as a covered condition for medical marihuana

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

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2023-S4589 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3360, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S4649
2021-2022: S5258

2023-S4589 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to adding dysmenorrhea as a covered condition for lawful medical use of marihuana.

2023-S4589 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4589

SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

This bill adds dysmenorrhea to the list of conditions for which a doctor
may authorize medical marijuana use.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

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

Section two sets forth the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

Every month, women experience pain and discomfort associated with
menstruation. In severe cases, this pain can be debilitating, further
limiting a woman's ability to perform daily activities. Medical marijua-
na can alleviate many of the painful effects of dysmenorrhea.

This bill will provide women with access to a means of treating dysme-
norrhea by adding dysmenorrhea to the list of conditions for which a
doctor may authorize medical marijuana use. Not only will this improve
women's wellness and productivity during menstruation, but it will also
advance New York State in one of the country's fastest-growing indus-
tries.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022 REFERRED TO SENATE HEALTH

2022 assembly third reading

2021 REFERRED TO SENATE HEALTH

2021 assembly third reading

2020 SENATE THIRD READING

2020 assembly third reading

2019 REFERRED TO SENATE HEALTH

2019 assembly third reading

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
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deemed repealed therewith.

2023-S4589 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4589
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  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:
   (i) having one of the following severe debilitating or  life-threaten-
 ing  conditions: cancer, DYSMENORRHEA, positive status for human immuno-
 deficiency 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  indi-
 cation  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
   §  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.
                                                            LBD09026-01-3

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