HB 611-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0367
05/08
HOUSE BILL 611-FN
AN ACT relative to eligibility criteria for the therapeutic cannabis program.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vail, Hills. 6; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes the requirement that severe pain be resistant to other treatment options in order to be considered a qualifying medical condition for therapeutic 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0367
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to eligibility criteria for the therapeutic cannabis program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Qualifying Medical Condition; Severe Pain. 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
2 Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Qualifying Medical Condition; Severe Pain. Amend RSA 126-X:1, IX(b)(2) to read as follows:
(2) Severe pain [that has not responded to previously prescribed medication or surgical measures or for which other treatment options produced serious side effects].
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
23-0367
1/10/23
HB 611-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to eligibility criteria for the therapeutic cannabis program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, as it is awaiting information from the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department was contacted on 12/22/22. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services