Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s5657
Timestamp: 2020-03-29 13:12:05
Document Index: 766561793

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3360', '§ 3361', '§ 3362', '§ 3363', '§ 3364', '§ 3364', '§ 3364', '§ 3365', '§ 3369', '§ 3369', '§  2', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§  7', '§  8', '§ 3364', '§  9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§  13', '§  14']

NY State Senate Bill S5657B
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Feb 19, 2020 print number 5657b
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BILL NUMBER: S5657B
Section 1:  Legislative Intent
Section 2: Amends PHL § 3360 to:
Section 3: Amends PHL § 3361 to make conforming changes. Section 4:
Amends PHL § 3362 to:
Section 5: Amends PHL § 3363 to:
*Make conforming changes Section 6: Amends PHL § 3364 to:
Section 7: Creates a new PHL § 3364-a, "medical marihuana research
Section 8: Creates a new PHL § 3364-b, "registration of designated care-
*Details application, registration, and oversight process. Section 9:
*Detail application, permitting, and oversight process. Section 10:
graphics of the state. Section 11: Amends PHL § 3365-a to make conform-
ing changes. Section 12: Amends PHL § 3369 to make conforming changes.
Section 13: Amends PHL § 3369-d to remove prior approval of medical
Section 14: Immediate effective date.  Amendments - New Section 1-
Legislative Intent - with focus on expanding the program for patients
and business opportunities for social equity applicants.  Rest of bill
is renumbered New Section 9 - adds requirement that registered organiza-
tions establishes a subsidy program to provide assistance and increase
access to patients.  New Section 10 - adds outlines the social and
economic equity plan
illustrative purposes, including some added in the Governor' s 2019
ent, the effect is the same as 52058 of 2019.
ties," exempting them from such restrictions, similar to S2059 of 2019
as well and excluding certain services directly related to the manufac-
turing process (such as trimming). This is similar to both S2059 of 2019
and the CRTA.
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5657--B
Section 1. Legislative intent. The  compassionate  care  act  provides
patients  with  necessary access to medical marihuana. While the program
has provided relief  to  numerous  patients,  several  improvements  are
necessary.   Specifically, the program has suffered from overly restric-
tive requirements regarding market participation and product regulation.
Currently, the program restricts access by only permitting  one  dispen-
sary for every 500,000 New Yorkers - leaving both urban and rural commu-
nities  drastically  underserved.  This  act  will  improve the existing
program by providing  opportunities  for  social  equity  applicants  to
participate  in the marketplace in a manner that more accurately repres-
ents the demographics  of  the  state.  Social  equity  applicants  will
include  applicants  from  communities  disproportionately  impacted  by
cannabis law enforcement.  This act will also provide  necessary  flexi-
bility  for market participants to offer products that are more accessi-
ble and affordable to some  of  New  York's  most  vulnerable  citizens.
Specifically, current restrictions on the sale of whole flower result in
medical  products  that are cost-prohibitive to many. Moreover, this act
will provide greater access to individuals who are unable to  enroll  in
the  program  including those with Alzheimer's disease and who have been
diagnosed with autism spectrum  disorder.  Much  like  the  addition  of
chronic  pain as a qualifying condition, this will allow medical practi-
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tioners to recommend an alternative to addictive opiates. These  changes
will give New Yorkers access to quality care they deserve.
§  2. Subdivisions 1, 5, 7 and 12 of section 3360 of the public health
law, subdivisions 1, 5, 7 and 12 as added by chapter 90 of the  laws  of
2014,  paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 7 as amended by chapter 273 of the
laws of 2018, are amended and three new subdivisions 5-a, 5-b and 19 are
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§ 3. Subdivisions 1, 2, and 9 of section 3361  of  the  public  health
1. A patient certification may only be issued if: (a)  a  practitioner
has  been  registered  with  the  department to issue a certification as
determined by the commissioner; (b) the patient has a  [serious]  condi-
tion,  which shall be specified in the patient's health care record; (c)
the practitioner by training or experience is  qualified  to  treat  the
uing  care  for  the  [serious] condition; and (e) in the practitioner's
ly to receive therapeutic or palliative  benefit  from  the  primary  or
adjunctive  treatment  with  medical  use of marihuana for the [serious]
2. The certification shall include (a) the name,  date  of  birth  and
condition  and  the  patient  is  under  the practitioner's care for the
[serious] condition; (c) a statement attesting that all requirements  of
subdivision  one  of this section have been satisfied; (d) the date; and
(e) the name, address, federal registration  number,  telephone  number,
and  the  handwritten  signature  of  the  certifying  practitioner. The
commissioner may require by regulation that the certification  shall  be
on  a form provided by the department. The practitioner may state in the
certification that, in  the  practitioner's  professional  opinion,  the
patient  would  benefit  from  medical  marihuana only until a specified
titioner's professional opinion, the patient is terminally ill and  that
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fies  in  the  certification  that  the patient's [serious] condition is
§ 4. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 3362 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 90 of the laws of 2014, are amended and a new  subdivi-
1.  The  possession, acquisition, use, delivery, transfer, transporta-
tion, or administration of medical marihuana by a certified  patient  or
designated  caregiver  possessing  a valid registry identification card,
for certified medical use, shall be lawful under  this  title;  provided
(a)  the  marihuana that may be possessed by a certified patient shall
not exceed a [thirty] SIXTY day supply of the dosage  as  determined  by
ty]  SIXTY day period, the certified patient may also possess up to such
(b) the marihuana that may be possessed by designated caregivers  does
not  exceed the quantities referred to in paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
ITIES DOES NOT EXCEED THE QUANTITIES REFERRED TO  IN  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
THIS  SUBDIVISION  FOR EACH CERTIFIED PATIENT UNDER CARE OR TREATMENT OF
(D) the form or forms of medical marihuana that may  be  possessed  by
ER  FACILITY pursuant to a certification shall be in compliance with any
of medical marihuana or dosage for the certified patient in the  certif-
[(d)]  (E) the medical marihuana shall be kept in the original package
in which it was dispensed under subdivision twelve  of  section  thirty-
three  hundred  sixty-four of this title, except for the portion removed
for immediate consumption for certified medical  use  by  the  certified
(a)  possession  of  medical  marihuana shall not be lawful under this
title if it is smoked, consumed, vaporized, or grown in a public  place,
regardless  of  the  form  of  medical marihuana stated in the patient's
(b) a [person] CERTIFIED PATIENT OR  DESIGNATED  CAREGIVER  possessing
medical  marihuana  under  this  title shall possess his or her registry
NOT BE SMOKED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTEEN-E OF THIS  CHAPTER,  REGARDLESS  OF
ADMINISTRATION  OF  MEDICAL MARIHUANA BY A DESIGNATED CAREGIVER FACILITY
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OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER FACILITY EMPLOYEE SHALL  BE  LAWFUL  UNDER  THIS
(B)  SUCH POSSESSION, ACQUISITION, DELIVERY, TRANSFER, TRANSPORTATION,
OR ADMINISTRATION IS ON BEHALF  OF  A  CERTIFIED  PATIENT  POSSESSING  A
IDENTIFICATION  CARD  OF  EACH CERTIFIED PATIENT FOR WHICH IT POSSESSES,
ACQUIRES, DELIVERS, TRANSFERS, TRANSPORTS, OR ADMINISTERS MEDICAL  MARI-
§ 5. Subdivisions 2, 3, 5, and 11 of section 3363 of the public health
law,  as added by chapter 90 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as
2. To obtain, amend or renew a registry identification card, a  certi-
fied  patient  or designated caregiver shall file a registry application
with the department. The registry  application  or  renewal  application
(i)  the patient's certification (a new written certification shall be
(iv) if the patient has a registry  identification  card  based  on  a
current  valid  certification,  the  registry  identification number and
(v) the specified date until which  the  patient  would  benefit  from
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TY  DESIGNATED  BY  THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN; OR (IV) an appropriate
person approved by the department upon  a  sufficient  showing  that  no
5.  No  person may be a designated caregiver for more than five certi-
fied patients at one time; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THIS  LIMITATION  SHALL
NOT  APPLY  TO  A  DESIGNATED CAREGIVER FACILITY OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER
11. A certified patient or designated caregiver who has been issued  a
in his or her name or address or, with respect to the patient, if he  or
she  ceases  to  have the [serious] condition noted on the certification
within ten days of such change. The certified  patient's  or  designated
caregiver's  registry  identification  card  shall be deemed invalid and
§ 6. Subdivisions 3 and 5 of section 3364 of the public health law, as
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ING,  OR  PACKAGING  OF PLANTS; OR ANY OTHER FUNCTION DIRECTLY INVOLVING
MANUFACTURING OR RETAILING OF MEDICAL  MARIHUANA.  ALL  LAWS  AND  REGU-
LATIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  SUCH  FACILITIES,  EQUIPMENT, OR SERVICES SHALL
APPLY TO THE CONTRACT. THE REGISTERED ORGANIZATION AND OTHER PARTIES  TO
REGULATIONS  UNDER  THE  CONTRACT. THE COMMISSIONER MAY MAKE REGULATIONS
§  7.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3364-a
(B) WHETHER THE APPLICANT HAS THE  APPROPRIATE  PERSONNEL,  EXPERTISE,
FACILITIES  AND  INFRASTRUCTURE,  FUNDING,  AND  (TO  THE EXTENT LEGALLY
AVAILABLE) APPROVALS RELATING TO HUMAN OR ANIMAL RESEARCH, IN  PLACE  TO
(C)  WHETHER  THE  AMOUNT OF MARIHUANA TO BE GROWN OR PURCHASED BY THE
3. IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE RESEARCH PROJECT MEETS  THE
REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER MAY
4. A MEDICAL MARIHUANA RESEARCH LICENSEE MAY  ONLY  SELL  OR  TRANSFER
MARIHUANA  GROWN OR PRODUCED WITHIN ITS OPERATION TO OTHER MEDICAL MARI-
HUANA RESEARCH LICENSEES, OR OTHERWISE FOR PURPOSES  OF  THE  LICENSEE'S
5.  IN  ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL MARIHUANA RESEARCH LICENSE, THE COMMIS-
(B)  LICENSE  RENEWAL  REQUIREMENTS,  INCLUDING   WHETHER   ADDITIONAL
(D)  SECURITY MEASURES TO ENSURE MARIHUANA IS NOT DIVERTED TO PURPOSES
(E) AMOUNT OF PLANTS, USEABLE MARIHUANA,  MARIHUANA  CONCENTRATES,  OR
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(G)  CONDITIONS  UNDER WHICH MARIHUANA GROWN BY LICENSED MEDICAL MARI-
HUANA PRODUCERS AND OTHER PRODUCT TYPES FROM LICENSED MEDICAL  MARIHUANA
6.  A  MARIHUANA  RESEARCH  LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
ISSUED IN THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT OR APPLICANTS, SPECIFY THE  LOCATION
AT  WHICH  THE  MARIHUANA  RESEARCHER INTENDS TO OPERATE, WHICH SHALL BE
WITHIN THE STATE, AND SHALL NOT  ALLOW  ANY  OTHER  PERSON  TO  USE  THE
7.  PARTICIPATION  BY  CERTIFIED  PATIENTS  IN  ANY  MEDICAL MARIHUANA
8. THE APPLICATION FEE FOR A MEDICAL MARIHUANA RESEARCH LICENSE  SHALL
9.  EACH  MEDICAL  MARIHUANA  RESEARCH  LICENSEE SHALL ISSUE AN ANNUAL
REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  REVIEW  SUCH  REPORT
§  8.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3364-b
§ 3364-B. REGISTRATION OF DESIGNATED  CAREGIVER  FACILITIES.    1.  TO
OBTAIN,  AMEND OR RENEW A REGISTRATION AS A DESIGNATED CAREGIVER FACILI-
TY, THE FACILITY SHALL FILE AN APPLICATION WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER.  THE
(C)  NAME,  TITLE,  AND  SIGNATURE OF AN AUTHORIZED FACILITY REPRESEN-
(D) A STATEMENT THAT THE FACILITY AGREES TO SECURE AND  ENSURE  PROPER
§  9.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3364-c
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§ 10. Subdivision 9 of section 3365 of the public health law, as added
wholly  owned  and  operated  by  [such]  THE  registered  organization.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY DISPENSING  SITE  OPENED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
SECTION  BY  A  REGISTERED  ORGANIZATION LICENSED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY THAT AMENDED THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT  UNTIL  SUCH  REGIS-
TERED  ORGANIZATIONS ESTABLISHES A SUBSIDY PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE
AND INCREASE ACCESS TO PATIENTS. The commissioner shall ensure that such
[registered  organizations  and]  dispensing  sites  are  geographically
distributed  across the state. The commission [may] SHALL register addi-
tional registered  organizations  REFLECTING  THE  DEMOGRAPHICS  OF  THE
(A)  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPLEMENT A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY PLAN
AND ACTIVELY PROMOTE APPLICATIONS  FROM  COMMUNITIES  DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTED  BY CANNABIS PRODUCTION, AND PROMOTE RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND GENDER
DIVERSITY WHEN ISSUING  THE  ADDITIONAL  FOUR  REGISTERED  ORGANIZATIONS
LICENSES,  INCLUDING  BY  PRIORITIZING  CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS BY
APPLICANTS WHO ARE FROM COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED  BY  THE
ENFORCEMENT  OF  CANNABIS  PROHIBITION OR WHO QUALIFY AS A MINORITY OR A
WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS. SUCH QUALIFICATIONS SHALL  BE  DETERMINED  BY  THE
DEPARTMENT IN REGULATION.
(B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE FOUR ADDITIONAL REGISTERED ORGANIZATION
LICENSES  AND CREATE A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY PLAN TO PROMOTE DIVER-
SITY IN OWNERSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE MEDICAL MARIHUANA  INDUSTRY  AND
ENSURE INCLUSION OF:
(I)  INDIVIDUALS  FROM  COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE
ENFORCEMENT OF CANNABIS PROHIBITION;
(II) MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES;
(III) WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES;
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(IV) MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH  (D)
OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND
(C)  THE  SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY PLAN SHALL REQUIRE AN ANALYSIS OF
HOW TO PRIORITIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPLICANTS THAT ARE:
(I) A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY GROUP  THAT  HAS  BEEN  DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTED BY THE ENFORCEMENT OF CANNABIS PROHIBITION;
(II)  WAS  CONVICTED OF A CANNABIS-RELATED OFFENSE PRIOR TO THE EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY THAT AMENDED
THIS SUBDIVISION, OR HAD A PARENT, GUARDIAN, CHILD, SPOUSE,  OR  DEPEND-
ENT,  OR  WAS  A  DEPENDENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE
SUBDIVISION, WAS CONVICTED OF A CANNABIS-RELATED OFFENSE.
(D) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS  SHALL
(I)  "MINORITY-OWNED  BUSINESS"  SHALL  MEAN  A  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE,
INCLUDING A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP, PARTNERSHIP, LIMITED LIABILITY  COMPANY
OR CORPORATION THAT IS:
(1)  AT  LEAST  FIFTY-ONE  PERCENT OWNED BY ONE OR MORE MINORITY GROUP
(2) AN ENTERPRISE IN WHICH SUCH MINORITY OWNERSHIP IS  REAL,  SUBSTAN-
TIAL AND CONTINUING;
(3)  AN  ENTERPRISE IN WHICH SUCH MINORITY OWNERSHIP HAS AND EXERCISES
(4) AN ENTERPRISE AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS  STATE  AND  INDE-
PENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED; AND
(5) AN ENTERPRISE THAT IS A SMALL BUSINESS.
(II)  "MINORITY  GROUP  MEMBER"  SHALL MEAN A UNITED STATES CITIZEN OR
(1) BLACK PERSONS HAVING ORIGINS IN ANY OF THE  BLACK  AFRICAN  RACIAL
(2)  HISPANIC  PERSONS  OF  MEXICAN,  PUERTO  RICAN, DOMINICAN, CUBAN,
CENTRAL OR SOUTH AMERICAN OF EITHER INDIAN OR HISPANIC  ORIGIN,  REGARD-
LESS OF RACE;
(3) NATIVE AMERICAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE PERSONS HAVING ORIGINS IN ANY OF
THE ORIGINAL PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA; OR
(4)  ASIAN  AND  PACIFIC ISLANDER PERSONS HAVING ORIGINS IN ANY OF THE
FAR EAST COUNTRIES, SOUTH EAST ASIA,  THE  INDIAN  SUBCONTINENT  OR  THE
(III) "WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, INCLUD-
ING  A  SOLE  PROPRIETORSHIP,  PARTNERSHIP, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR
CORPORATION THAT IS:
(1) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OWNED BY  ONE  OR  MORE  UNITED  STATES
CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS WHO ARE WOMEN;
(2)  AN  ENTERPRISE  IN  WHICH THE OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF SUCH WOMEN IS
REAL, SUBSTANTIAL AND CONTINUING;
(3) AN ENTERPRISE IN WHICH SUCH WOMEN OWNERSHIP HAS AND EXERCISES  THE
AUTHORITY  TO CONTROL INDEPENDENTLY THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS DECISIONS OF
(IV) "A FIRM OWNED BY A MINORITY GROUP MEMBER WHO IS ALSO A WOMAN" MAY
INCLUDE A MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS, A WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS, OR BOTH.
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(V)  "COMMUNITIES  DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED" SHALL MEAN, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO, A HISTORY OF ARRESTS, CONVICTIONS, AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRACTICES IN A CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC AREA, SUCH  AS,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO
PRECINCTS,   ZIP   CODES,  NEIGHBORHOODS,  AND  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISIONS,
REFLECTING  A  DISPARATE  ENFORCEMENT  OF  CANNABIS PROHIBITION DURING A
CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, WHEN COMPARED TO  THE  REST  OF  THE  STATE.    THE
DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ISSUE  GUIDELINES  TO  DETERMINE  HOW TO ASSESS WHICH
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED AND HOW TO  ASSESS  IF
SOMEONE IS A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED.
(E)  THE    DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ACTIVELY PROMOTE APPLICANTS THAT FOSTER
RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND GENDER DIVERSITY IN THEIR WORKFORCE.
§ 11. Subdivision 1 of section 3365-a of the  public  health  law,  as
1.  There is hereby established in the department an emergency medical
marihuana access program (referred to in this section as the  "program")
the  period  before  full  implementation  of  and production under this
title, especially in the case of patients whose [serious]  condition  is
progressive  and  degenerative  or  is  such that delay in the patient's
§ 12. Subdivision 1 of section 3369 of the public health law, as added
1.  Certified  patients,  designated  caregivers, DESIGNATED CAREGIVER
FACILITIES, DESIGNATED CAREGIVER FACILITY EMPLOYEES,  MEDICAL  MARIHUANA
RESEARCH  PROGRAM EMPLOYEES, practitioners, registered organizations and
the employees of  registered  organizations  shall  not  be  subject  to
§  13. Section 3369-d of the public health law, as added by chapter 90
price determined by the commissioner. Every charge made or demanded  for
medical  marihuana  not  in  accordance with the price determined by the
2. The commissioner is hereby authorized to set the per dose price  of
each  form  of medical marihuana sold by any registered organization. In
setting the per dose price  of  each  form  of  medical  marihuana,  the
commissioner  shall  consider  the fixed and variable costs of producing
the form of marihuana and any other factor the commissioner, in  his  or
DOCUMENTATION OF ANY PRICE AND CHANGE IN PRICE PER DOSE FOR ANY  MEDICAL
MARIHUANA  PRODUCT TO THE COMMISSIONER WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF SETTING OR
CHANGING THE PRICE. PRIOR APPROVAL BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  NOT  BE
REQUIRED  FOR ANY PRICE OR CHANGE OF PRICE. HOWEVER, THE COMMISSIONER IS
AUTHORIZED TO MODIFY THE PRICE PER DOSE FOR ANY MEDICAL MARIHUANA  PROD-
§  14. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to title 5-A of article 33 of the public health law  made
by  sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, elev-
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en, twelve and thirteen of this act shall not affect the repeal of  such
title and shall be deemed repealed therewith. Effective immediately, the
for the  implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
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