Provides that medical marihuana may be used as part of the treatment of a patient's condition and removes the "serious" designation of such condition; provides that a practitioner be authorized to prescribe controlled substances in the state and removes the requirement that a physician prescribe such medical marihuana; increases the supply amount of marihuana from thirty to sixty days; allows a designated caregiver facility or designated caregiver facility employee to possess, acquire, deliver, transfer, transport or administer medical marihuana; requires the commissioner of health to establish a medical marihuana research license; establishes a medical marihuana research program; requires the registration of designated caregiver facilities; authorizes the commissioner of health to approve and permit one or more independent laboratories to test medical marihuana; increases the number of dispensing sites of a registered organization from four to eight; and makes related provisions.
Asm. Amy Paulin
Sponsored bills
Provides for a premium reduction for physicians and licensed midwives who complete a risk management strategies course in obstetrics or midwifery.
Establishes the rare disease advisory council; advise and consult on policy matters relating to rare disease; twenty-one appointed members.
Relates to the licensing board in the county of Westchester and requirements in a cause of action.
Requires informed consent for procedures done in the course of education or training.
Requires the power authority of the state of New York to file a report annually commencing March 31, 2022 with the governor, the comptroller, the chair of the assembly ways and means and the senate finance committees, respectively, and the authority budget office, on its operations and transactions, complying with the uniform system of accounts required for electric corporations pursuant to the public service law.
Authorizes the professional certification of doulas; only those certified may provide doula services defined as continuous emotional and physical support provided by a certified doula throughout labor and birth, and intermittently during the prenatal and postpartum periods.
Prohibits certain employment agreements by state and local authorities.
Enacts the "New York State Restoration of Honor Act".
Relates to exempting income earned by persons under the age of 24 from certain workforce development programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs.