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GA HB782
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/21/2018
Primary Sponsor
Trey Rhodes
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AI Summary
- Amendment to the Senate substitute to HB 782, offered by Senators Williams (27th) and Orrock (36th), which was ultimately LOST (defeated)
- Would have expanded Georgia's Low THC Oil Patient Registry (Code Section 31-2A-18) by adding two new qualifying conditions for low THC oil access
- Added a definition of "intractable pain" as pain with an irremovable cause for which all appropriate pain management modalities have been tried for at least six months without adequate results or with intolerable side effects
- Added post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from direct exposure to or witnessing of trauma as a qualifying condition, limited to patients aged 18 and older
- Added intractable pain as a new qualifying condition for inclusion on the Low THC Oil Patient Registry
Legislative Description
Crimes and offenses; provisions relating to permissible users with access to prescription drug monitoring program data base; revise
Last Action
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
3/23/2018
Full Bill Text
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