Bill Text: NY S02055 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02055 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02055-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2055
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 22, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        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.
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