STATE OF NEW YORK
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8987--A
IN SENATE
June 11, 2018
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Introduced by Sens. AMEDORE, HANNON, AKSHAR, JACOBS, PHILLIPS -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 3360 of the
2 public health law, as amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 2017, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) "Serious condition" means:
5 (i) having one of the following severe debilitating or life-threaten-
6 ing conditions: cancer, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus
7 or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
8 Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of
9 the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable
10 spasticity, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropathies,
11 Huntington's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain that degrades
12 health and functional capability where the use of medical marihuana is
13 an alternative to opioid use, substance use disorder, or as added by the
14 commissioner; and
15 (ii) any of the following conditions where it is clinically associated
16 with, or a complication of, a condition under this paragraph or its
17 treatment: cachexia or wasting syndrome; severe or chronic pain; severe
18 nausea; seizures; severe or persistent muscle spasms; or such conditions
19 as are added by the commissioner.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
21 the amendments to section 3360 of the public health law, made by section
22 one of this act, shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall
23 be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15986-04-8
