Bill Text: NY A04708 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to regulations governing the sale and distribution of medical marihuana; permits registered organizations to contract with other entities to provide facilities, equipment and services; repeals provisions relating to pricing.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - ordered to third reading cal.335 [A04708 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04708-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4708--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 3, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, KEARNS, McDONALD, NIOU,
          CARROLL, BRINDISI, DINOWITZ, ROSENTHAL, LUPARDO, D'URSO -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A.  SIMON, SKARTADOS -- read once  and  referred  to
          the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to normalizing the
          organization of registered organizations to produce, sell, deliver  or
          distribute  medical  marihuana  under strong regulation; and to repeal
          certain provisions of such law relating to pricing of medical marihua-
          na
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 3364 of the public health law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
     3    14. A registered organization may contract with a person or entity  to
     4  provide facilities, equipment or services that are part of or incidental
     5  to  the  registered  organization's  functions  or activities under this
     6  section. All laws and regulations applicable to the registered organiza-
     7  tion shall apply to the contract. The registered organization and  other
     8  parties  to  the  contract shall each be responsible and accountable for
     9  compliance with such laws and regulations under the contract.  Contract-
    10  ing under this subdivision shall be approved by the commissioner, unless
    11  the commissioner provides otherwise by regulation.  The commissioner may
    12  make regulations consistent with this title relating  to  contracts  and
    13  parties to contracts under this subdivision.
    14    § 2. Section 3369-d of the public health law is REPEALED.
    15    §  3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
    16  ments to section 3364 of the public health law made by  section  one  of
    17  this  act shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such section and
    18  shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09249-02-7