Bill Text: NH HB1501 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to qualifying medical conditions for the use of cannabis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 39 [HB1501 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1501-Introduced.html

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HB 1501 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

16-2628

01/04

 

HOUSE BILL 1501

 

AN ACT relative to qualifying medical conditions for the use of cannabis.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Wright, Carr. 8; Rep. Lachance, Hills. 8

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies the definition of qualifying medical conditions for the 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2628

01/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to qualifying medical conditions for the 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(b) to read as follows:

(b)  The department may include a medical condition that is not listed in subparagraph (a) that the department determines, on a [case by case] patient by patient basis, is severely debilitating or terminal, based upon the written request of a provider who furnishes written certification to the department.

2  Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.