HB 477 Summary

• Authorizes dispensaries to purchase up to 3,000 grams of medical cannabis or manufactured products from other dispensaries on the same island to ensure patient access, subject to department approval and rules

• Increases the allowable number of production centers and retail dispensing locations per dispensary license from two to an unspecified higher number (amount left blank in bill text)

• Requires qualifying patients to obtain medical cannabis exclusively from licensed dispensaries or through personal cultivation after December 31, 2021, and permits department or law enforcement inspections of registered grow sites to verify compliance with plant limits

• Authorizes the department of health to set fee structures for applications for additional production centers, retail locations, and dispensary-to-dispensary sales

• Clarifies that dispensary-to-dispensary sales and inter-island cannabis transportation are limited to same-island transactions as long as federal law prohibits transporting cannabis over water; permits inter-island laboratory testing transport only when no certified laboratory exists in the island's county