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Senate approves 'right to try' bill for individualized treatments; medicinal‑cannabis amendment fails
Summary
The Kansas Senate passed a bill creating a limited pathway for patients with ultra‑rare, life‑threatening conditions to access individualized investigational treatments. An amendment to add medicinal cannabis lost in a roll call; senators debated safety, access and the bill's scope.
The Kansas Senate on Feb. 20 passed Senate Bill 250, the Right to Try for Individualized Treatment Act, creating a narrowly defined, physician‑directed pathway for patients with ultra‑rare, life‑threatening or debilitating diseases to seek individualized investigational therapies not otherwise available in the United States.
Supporters said the bill fills a gap for families of patients with conditions caught early by genetic testing. “In order to get Kira this promising individualized treatment, we packed up our family and relocated to Milan, Italy,” Senator Gossage recounted on the floor,…
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