Senate Bill S7923

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the medical use of marihuana

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6357 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S7923 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6357
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 33 Title 5-A §§3360 - 3369-e, amd §3371, Pub Health L; add Art 20-B §§490 & 491, amd §171-a, Tax L; add §89-h, St Fin L; amd §853, Gen Bus L; amd §221.00, add Art 179 §§179.00 - 179.15, Pen L; amd §§216.00 & 410.91, CP L

2013-S7923 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the medical use of marihuana; legalizes the possession, manufacture, use, delivery, transport or administration of medical marihuana by a designated caregiver for a certified medical use; prescribes procedures for such possession, acquisition, etc. including certification of patients by their practitioner, and that, in the practitioner's professional judgment, the patient would receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from use of medical marihuana.

2013-S7923 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7923 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7923

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 19, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. SAVINO -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Rules

AN ACT to amend the public health law, the tax law,  the  state  finance
  law,  the  general business law, the penal law and the criminal proce-
  dure law, in relation to medical use of marihuana; and  providing  for
  the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Article 33 of the public health law is amended by adding  a
new title 5-A to read as follows:
                                TITLE V-A
                        MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA
SECTION 3360.   DEFINITIONS.
        3361.   CERTIFICATION OF PATIENTS.
        3362.   LAWFUL MEDICAL USE.
        3363.   REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
        3364.   REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS.
        3365.   REGISTERING OF REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS.
        3366.   REPORTS BY REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS.
        3367.   EVALUATION; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; REPORT BY DEPARTMENT.
        3368.   RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.
        3369.   PROTECTIONS FOR THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA.
        3369-A. REGULATIONS.
        3369-B. EFFECTIVE DATE.
        3369-C. SUSPEND; TERMINATE.
        3369-D. PRICING.
        3369-E. SEVERABILITY.
  S  3360. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES  OTHER-
WISE:
  1. "CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE" MEANS THE ACQUISITION, POSSESSION, USE, OR,
TRANSPORTATION  OF  MEDICAL  MARIHUANA  BY  A  CERTIFIED PATIENT, OR THE
ACQUISITION, POSSESSION, DELIVERY, TRANSPORTATION OR  ADMINISTRATION  OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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