New York A 4974: Directs the commissioner of health to establish a cannabis awareness program for youths age eighteen and younger

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A04974 Summary:

BILL NOA04974 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05755

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SPONSORZinerman

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COSPNSRWoerner, Hevesi, Jackson, Conrad, Glick, Hyndman, Gibbs, Cunningham, Lucas, Davila, Braunstein,
 Shimsky, Ramos

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §206, Pub Health L

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Directs the commissioner of health to establish a cannabis awareness program for youths age eighteen and younger designed to educate about the effects and risks associated with cannabis use, including that it is illegal for persons under the age of twenty-one.

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BILL NOA04974 

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02/10/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4974

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN, WOERNER, HEVESI, JACKSON, CONRAD,
 GLICK, HYNDMAN, GIBBS, CUNNINGHAM, LUCAS, DAVILA -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Health

 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, establish and
 5 develop a cannabis awareness program within the department. Such program
 6 shall be designed to educate youths age eighteen and younger about the
 7 effects and risks associated with cannabis use, including that it is
 8 illegal for persons under the age of twenty-one. Such program shall
 9 include, but not be limited to, the creation of age-appropriate instruc-
 10 tional tools and materials and marketing and advertising materials to
 11 discourage underage cannabis use.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09015-01-5

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