STATE OF NEW YORK
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9869
IN ASSEMBLY
February 15, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adding autism to
the list of conditions covered for lawful medical use of marihuana
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of
2 section 3360 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 403 of the
3 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
4 (i) having one of the following severe debilitating or life-threaten-
5 ing conditions: cancer, autism, positive status for human immunodefici-
6 ency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, amyotrophic lateral
7 sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nerv-
8 ous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of
9 intractable spasticity, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropa-
10 thies, Huntington's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, or as added
11 by the commissioner; and
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
13 the amendments to section 3360 of the public health law made by section
14 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
15 deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13022-02-8