Provides for reciprocity agreements with other states for medical cannabis programs; directs the cannabis control board to promulgate regulations for the approval of pre-roll products in the medical cannabis program.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1023
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 9, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to certain medical canna-
bis reforms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 32 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
3 17. A person who is not a resident of this state, but who is author-
4 ized to engage in the medical use of cannabis under the laws of his or
5 her state or jurisdiction of residence, is deemed to hold a valid regis-
6 try identification if the person provides legitimate documentation and
7 abides by the legal limits on the possession, delivery and production of
8 cannabis for medical purposes in this state, as set forth in section
9 thirty-one of this article. The board shall make regulations to imple-
10 ment the provisions of this subdivision and may enter into reciprocity
11 agreements with other states with medical cannabis programs.
12 § 2. Section 13 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new subdi-
13 vision 7 to read as follows:
14 7. The board shall promulgate regulations for the approval of pre-roll
15 products in the medical cannabis program.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02701-01-3
