HB 1619-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2772
05/04
HOUSE BILL 1619-FN
AN ACT relative to qualifying conditions for the therapeutic cannabis program.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vail, Hills. 30; Rep. Chase, Straf. 18
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
-----------------------------------------------------------------
ANALYSIS
This bill adds moderate to severe chronic migraine headaches to the qualifying conditions for the therapeutic cannabis program.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2772
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to qualifying conditions for the therapeutic cannabis program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Therapeutic Cannabis Program. Amend RSA 126-X:1, IX(a)(2) to read as follows:
(2) A severely debilitating or terminal medical condition or its treatment that has produced at least one of the following: elevated intraocular pressure, cachexia, chemotherapy-induced anorexia, wasting syndrome, agitation of Alzheimer's disease, severe pain that has not responded to previously prescribed medication or surgical measures or for which other treatment options produced serious side effects, constant or severe nausea, moderate to severe vomiting, seizures, severe, persistent muscle spasms, [or] moderate to severe insomnia, or moderate to severe chronic migraine headaches; or
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
22-2772
12/16/21
HB 1619-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to qualifying conditions for the therapeutic cannabis program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2025.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services