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IN HB1284
Bill
Status
1/12/2016
Primary Sponsor
Sue Errington
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AI Summary
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Establishes a medical cannabis program allowing qualifying patients with written physician recommendations to obtain medical cannabis program licenses for legal use, effective July 1, 2016.
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Requires the state department of health to adopt comprehensive rules by July 1, 2017 governing cultivation, processing, manufacturing, testing, labeling, distribution, and product safety standards for medical cannabis.
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Permits qualifying patients and personal caregivers to cultivate up to a 90-day supply of cannabis in restricted access areas, with limits of no more than two cultivators per medical cannabis production license.
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Provides physicians with immunity from civil and criminal liability for recommending medical cannabis to qualifying patients within a bona fide physician-patient relationship, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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Grants limited reciprocity to nonresident medical cannabis cardholders visiting Indiana if they meet qualifying medical conditions, though they cannot purchase cannabis in-state; prohibits employment and housing discrimination based solely on patient cardholder status unless federal law requires it.
Legislative Description
Medical cannabis. Defines "qualifying patient", and permits a qualifying patient to use medical cannabis under certain circumstances. Requires the state department of health to adopt rules before July 1, 2017, concerning the use, distribution, cultivation, production, and testing of medical cannabis. Provides limited reciprocity for holders of nonresident medical cannabis cards. Provides immunity for physicians who recommend the medical use of cannabis. Makes conforming amendments.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/12/2016