BILL NO A06357
SAME AS SAME AS S04406
SPONSOR Gottfried (MS)
COSPNSR Lupardo, Cahill, Castro, Clark, Cymbrowitz, Dinowitz, Hevesi, Lavine,
Paulin, Peoples-Stokes, Rosenthal, Stevenson, Titone, Arroyo,
Boyland, Bronson, Brook-Krasny, Cook, Crespo, DenDekker, Espinal,
Fahy, Jaffee, Kavanagh, Lifton, O'Donnell, Otis, Rivera, Roberts,
Skartados, Steck, Weprin, Zebrowski
MLTSPNSR Abinanti, Aubry, Braunstein, Brennan, Farrell, Galef, Glick, Hikind,
Jacobs, Kellner, Lopez V, Magee, Maisel, Markey, McDonald, Millman,
Moya, Pretlow, Robinson, Rodriguez, Scarborough, Schimel, Sweeney,
Weisenberg, Wright
Add Art 33 Title 5-A SS3360 - 3369-b, amd S3343-a, Pub Health L; add Art 20-B
S490, Tax L; amd S853, Gen Bus L; amd S221.00, Pen L
Legalizes the possession, acquisition, use, delivery, transfer, transport or
administration of marihuana by a certified patient or 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 serious condition
should be treated with the medical use of marihuana; provides that possession
or acquisition of marihuana shall be lawful under these provisions provided
that the marihuana possessed does not exceed a total aggregate weight of two
and a half ounces; directs the department of health to monitor such use and
promulgate rules and regulations for registry identification cards; provides
for reports by the department of health to the governor and legislature on the
medical use of marihuana.
