Bill Text: NY S01023 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1023

Introduced

Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-07 - RECOMMITTED TO RULES [S01023 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01023-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1023

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        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