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HB158: adding opioid addiction to qualifying medical conditions under therapeutic use of cannabis.

Citation
2017 HB158
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Bill details

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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Hearing
01/25/2017 at 10:06 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Health care Cannabis

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HB 158 - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0115

01/09

HOUSE BILL 158

AN ACT adding opioid addiction to qualifying medical conditions under therapeutic use of cannabis.

SPONSORS: Rep. Schleien, Hills. 37; Rep. E. Edwards, Hills. 11; Rep. Fisher, Belk. 9; Rep. Zaricki, Hills. 6; Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill adds opioid addiction to the qualifying medical conditions under therapeutic use of cannabis.

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17-0115

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT adding opioid addiction to qualifying medical conditions under therapeutic 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(a)(1) to read as follows:

(1) Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C currently receiving antiviral treatment, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic pancreatitis, spinal cord injury or disease, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, lupus, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, ulcerative colitis, opioid addiction, or one or more injuries that significantly interferes with daily activities as documented by the patient's provider; and

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.