What's happening
This bill adds dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain) as a qualifying condition for lawful medical marijuana use in New York.
Why it matters
Expands access to medical marijuana for people who suffer from severe menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea),. which is a common but often under-treated condition that can significantly impact daily functioning, work, and quality of life.
Creates a legal alternative to traditional pain management options,. potentially reducing reliance on prescription painkillers (including opioids) that carry risks of side effects, dependency, or limited effectiveness for some patients.
Signals recognition by lawmakers of women’s health needs and the legitimacy of menstrual pain as a serious medical issue,. potentially reducing stigma and encouraging further research and policy attention to menstrual health concerns.
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Add Period Pain to Marijuana
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- Ordered to third reading cal.32
- Advanced to third reading cal.35
- Reported
- Referred to health
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Medical Marijuana for Menstrual Pain
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor James Sanders Jr.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
688
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adding dysmenorrhea to the list of conditions covered for lawful medical use of marihuana
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 3360 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
(i) having one of the following severe debilitating or life-threatening conditions: cancer, dysmenorrhea, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropathies, Huntington's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain that degrades health and functional capability where the use of medical marihuana is an alternative to opioid use, substance use disorder, or as added by the commissioner; and
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that the amendments to section 3360 of the public health law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00536-01-9
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