Bill Text: NH HB1501 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
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
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.
