Bill Text: NH HB350 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to licensed health care providers authorized to certify that criteria has been met for the use of therapeutic cannabis.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-24 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2019; Chapter 104; Eff: 08/20/2019 [HB350 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB350-Amended.html
HB 350 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
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HOUSE BILL 350
SPONSORS: Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill adds physician assistants as providers authorizing the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Definitions; Physician Assistant Added. Amend RSA 126-X:1, VII(a)(2) and (3) to read as follows:
(2) An advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to RSA 326-B:18 and who possesses an active registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances; [or]
(3) A physician or advanced practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe drugs to humans under the relevant state licensing laws in Maine, Massachusetts, or Vermont and who possesses an active registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances and who is primarily responsible for the patient's care related to his or her qualifying medical condition; or
(4) A physician assistant licensed pursuant to RSA 328-D and who possesses an active registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances, with the express consent of the supervising physician.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.