Bill Text - HB1349 (2024)

Relative to generalized anxiety disorder as a qualifying condition for the therapeutic cannabis program.


Revision: July 16, 2024, 8:30 a.m.

CHAPTER 196

HB 1349-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2196

02/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1349-FN

 

AN ACT relative to generalized anxiety disorder as a qualifying condition for the therapeutic cannabis program.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. H. Howard, Straf. 4; Rep. Vail, Hills. 6; Rep. A. Murray, Hills. 20; Rep. Newell, Ches. 4; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21; Rep. T. Mannion, Hills. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill adds generalized anxiety disorder 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2196

02/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to generalized anxiety disorder as a qualifying condition for the therapeutic cannabis program.

 

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

 

196:1  New Subparagraph; Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Qualifying Medical Condition; Generalized Anxiety Disorder.  Amend RSA 126-X:1, IX(b) by inserting after subparagraph (6) the following new subparagraph:

(7)  Generalized anxiety disorder.

196:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: July 12, 2024

Effective Date: September 10, 2024