Bill Text: NH HB1309 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Adding post-traumatic stress disorder to qualifying medical conditions under therapeutic use of cannabis.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 36 [HB1309 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1309-Introduced.html
HB 1309 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2338
01/04
HOUSE BILL 1309
AN ACT adding post-traumatic stress disorder to qualifying medical conditions under therapeutic use of cannabis.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lachance, Hills. 8; Rep. V. Sullivan, Hills. 16; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Bouldin, Hills. 12; Rep. Edwards, Hills. 11; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Aldrich, Belk. 2; Rep. Rideout, Coos 7; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds post-traumatic stress disorder to the qualifying medical conditions under therapeutic use of cannabis.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2338
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT adding post-traumatic stress disorder to qualifying medical conditions under therapeutic use of cannabis.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Definitions. Amend RSA 126-X:1, IX(a)(1) to read as follows:
(1) Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C currently receiving antiviral treatment, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic pancreatitis, spinal cord injury or disease, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, lupus, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, or one or more injuries that significantly interferes with daily activities as documented by the patient's provider; and
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
