HB5284 Summary

• Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act to prohibit health care facilities from banning medical cannabis use by registered qualifying patients, except when patients receive emergency services deemed medically necessary by their health care provider.

• Prevents health care facilities from unreasonably restricting how registered qualifying patients store and use medical cannabis within the facility.

• Defines "health care facility" to include hospitals, nursing homes, hospice care centers, and long-term care facilities.

• Maintains existing prohibitions on cannabis use in schools, correctional facilities, vehicles, public places where smoking is prohibited, and near minors under age 18.