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AL HB227
Bill
Status
4/4/2023
Primary Sponsor
David Cole
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AI Summary
HB227 Summary
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Expands qualifying medical conditions for medical cannabis use to include autism spectrum disorder, depression, panic disorder, Parkinson's disease, PTSD, sickle cell anemia, Tourette's syndrome, and chronic intractable pain, with specific diagnostic requirements and documentation of failed conventional treatment.
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Prohibits former Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission members, legislators, judicial employees, and state executive officers from having economic interests in cannabis licensees for 5 years after leaving their positions.
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Requires registered certifying physicians to be board certified in the medical specialty needed to diagnose the patient's qualifying condition and prohibits non-registered physicians from having financial arrangements with registered physicians for patient referrals.
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Prohibits individuals from simultaneously qualifying as both a registered caregiver and registered qualified patient, and makes selling a medical cannabis card a Class B felony.
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Enhances dispensary location restrictions to include prisons, detention facilities, and federal/state facilities, and requires dispensers to verify Alabama driver's licenses or state IDs before dispensing medical cannabis.
Legislative Description
Relating to medical cannabis; to amend Sections 20-2A-3, 20-2A-8, 20-2A-21, 20-2A-32, 20-2A-36, and 20-2A-64, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the conditions that are considered a qualifying medical condition; to further restrict individuals from having an economic interest in a licensee and to establish a time period for the prohibition; to further provide for the definition of a registered certifying physician and provide that a registered certifying physician may only certify a patient for medical cannabis use if he or she is board certified in the field of specialty required to diagnose a qualifying medical condition as provided by law; to prohibit a non-registered certifying physician from having a financial arrangement with a registered certifying physician for patient referrals; to provide that an individual cannot qualify as a registered caregiver if he or she is also a qualified registered patient; to further provide for location restrictions and dispensing protocols for a dispensary; to make it a crime for an individual to sell a medical cannabis card; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to House Health
4/4/2023