HB 1240  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2195

02/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1240

 

AN ACT relative to eating disorders as a qualifying condition for the therapeutic cannabis program.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. H. Howard, Straf. 4; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12; Rep. Vail, Hills. 6; Rep. A. Murray, Hills. 20; Rep. Newell, Ches. 4; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill adds eating disorders as a qualifying medical condition for the use of 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2195

02/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to eating disorders as a qualifying condition for the therapeutic cannabis program.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Subparagraph; Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Qualifying Medical Condition; Eating Disorders.  Amend RSA 126-X:1, IX(b) by inserting after subparagraph (6) the following new subparagraph:

(7)  Eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), and other specified feeding and eating disorder (OSFED).

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