HB 667 - Medical Cannabis Bill Summary

• Authorizes the Department of Health to issue medical cannabis delivery permits to dispensaries for safe and secure transport of medical cannabis products to qualifying patients' residences, valid for one year and renewable annually.

• Creates a licensed medical cannabis transporter designation allowing third-party transporters to deliver medical cannabis for multiple dispensaries under specified conditions, including a prohibition on more than one delivery per day to the same patient.

• Increases dispensary licenses from two to five retail dispensing locations per licensee and raises cannabis plant limits from 3,000 to 8,000 plants per production center (up to 10,000 with department approval).

• Permits licensed dispensaries to purchase medical cannabis and manufactured cannabis products from other dispensaries with department approval during crop failures, inability to meet demand, or to provide product diversity, with all transactions tracked in the state's tracking system.

• Requires $1 surcharge per delivery, verification of patient qualifications at order time, valid photo identification at delivery, and delivery only to private residences and during specified hours, with prohibition on simultaneous customer delivery and inter-facility transport.