Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 11, 2015 |
approval memo.5 signed chap.416 |
Oct 30, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 15, 2015 |
returned to assembly passed senate substituted for s5086 |
Jun 09, 2015 |
referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.141 rules report cal.141 reported |
Jun 03, 2015 |
reported referred to rules |
May 19, 2015 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Apr 28, 2015 |
reported referred to codes |
Apr 22, 2015 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A7060
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GOTTFRIED
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Brian Kolb
Kevin Cahill
Aileen Gunther
Linda Rosenthal
multi-Sponsors
Edward Braunstein
James F. Brennan
John Ceretto
Vivian Cook
2015-A7060 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5086
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§3360, 3361, 3363 & 3369-b, add §3365-a, Pub Health L
2015-A7060 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7060 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 22, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, KOLB, CAHILL, GUNTHER, ROSENTHAL, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. KEARNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to expedited access to medical marihuana in certain cases THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature hereby finds and declares it necessary to establish an emergency program to provide appropriate medical marihuana for certain patients whose serious condition is progressive and degenerative or for whom delay in the patient's certified medical use of marihuana poses a serious risk to the patient's life or health, and that emergency action is needed before the full medical marihuana program established under title V-A of article 33 of the public health law is implemented, to protect the life and health of these patients. S 2 Section 3360 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows: 18. "SPECIAL CERTIFICATION" MEANS A SPECIAL CERTIFICATION MADE UNDER SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE. S 3. Section 3361 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 9.(A) A CERTIFICATION MAY BE A SPECIAL CERTIFICATION IF, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR A CERTIFICATION, THE PRACTITIONER CERTI- FIES IN THE CERTIFICATION THAT THE PATIENT'S SERIOUS CONDITION IS PROGRESSIVE AND DEGENERATIVE OR THAT DELAY IN THE PATIENT'S CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA POSES A SERIOUS RISK TO THE PATIENT'S LIFE OR HEALTH. (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE THE FORM TO BE USED FOR A SPECIAL CERTIFICATION AND SHALL MAKE THAT FORM AVAILABLE TO BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10427-01-5
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