New York Senate Bill S04268 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4268--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 7, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the commissioner of health to establish a cannabis awareness program for youths age eighteen and younger The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 32 to read as follows: 3 32. The commissioner shall, in consultation and collaboration with the 4 executive director of the office of cannabis management and the commis- 5 sioner of education, establish and develop a cannabis awareness program 6 within the department. Such program shall be designed to educate youths 7 age eighteen and younger about the effects and risks associated with 8 cannabis use, including that it is illegal for persons under the age of 9 twenty-one. Such program shall include, but not be limited to, the 10 creation of age-appropriate instructional tools and materials that may 11 be used by all schools, and marketing and advertising materials to 12 discourage underage cannabis use. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08945-02-4