SB386 SFAT Ferns 4-5

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Senator Ferns moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 386 -- A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new chapter, designated §16A-1-1, §16A-2-1, §16A-3-1, §16A-3-2, §16A-3-3, §16A-3-4, §16A-3-5, §16A-4-1, §16A-4-2, §16A-4-3, §16A-4-4, §16A-4-5, §16A-5-1, §16A-5-2, §16A-5-3, §16A-5-4, §16A-5-5, §16A-5-6, §16A-5-7, §16A-5-8, §16A-5-9, §16A-5-10, §16A-6-1, §16A-6-2, §16A-6-3, §16A-6-4, §16A-6-5, §16A-6-6, §16A-6-7, §16A-6-8, §16A-6-9, §16A-6-10, §16A-6-11, §16A-6-12, §16A-6-13, §16A-7-1, §16A-7-2, §16A-7-3, §16A-7-4, §16A-7-5, §16A-7-6, §16A-8-1, §16A-8-2, §16A-8-3, §16A-9-1, §16A-9-2, §16A-10-1, §16A-10-2, §16A-10-3, §16A-10-4, §16A-10-5, §16A-10-6, §16A-11-1, §16A-11-2, §16A-12-1, §16A-12-2, §16A-12-3, §16A-12-4, §16A-12-5, §16A-12-6, §16A-12-7, §16A-12-8, §16A-12-9, §16A-13-1, §16A-13-2, §16A-13-3, §16A-13-4, §16A-13-5, §16A-13-6, §16A-13-7, §16A-13-8, §16A-14-1, §16A-14-2, §16A-14-3, §16A-15-1, §16A-15-2, §16A-15-3, §16A-15-4, §16A-15-5, §16A-15-6, §16A-15-7, §16A-15-8, §16A-15-9 and §16A-16-1, all relating to medical cannabis generally; authorizing under limited conditions the use, possession, growing, processing and dispensing of cannabis for serious medical conditions; creating the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Act; defining terms; establishing medical cannabis program; placing the medical cannabis program within the Department of Health and Human Resources and under the direction of the Bureau of Public Health; listing duties of the bureau of public health in the implementation and administration of the medical cannabis program; establishing lawful use and forms of medical cannabis; ensuring patient confidentiality; designating certain records as public records; authorizing reciprocity agreements to allow terminally ill cancer patients to obtain medical cannabis in other states; requiring registration of physicians who may issue certificates to patients allowing them to obtain medical cannabis; establishing requirements for certified physicians; placing limits on physician practices related to medical cannabis; authorizing  issuance of certificates to medical cannabis patients and establishing conditions required for issuance of certificates; establishing limits on duration of certification and on amounts of medical cannabis which may be dispensed to a patient; authorizing issuance of identification cards to patients and caregivers and setting forth content of identification cards; establishing fees for patients, caregivers, physicians, growers, processors and dispensers; authorizing patients to have caregivers and establishing requirements for caregivers; requiring the bureau of public health to verify information supplied by patients and caregivers; authorizing minors to obtain medical cannabis through caregivers and establishing qualifications for minors’ caregivers; prohibiting certain actions and behaviors by patients while they are using medical cannabis; authorizing and defining medical cannabis organizations; establishing permitting processes for growers, processors and dispensers of medical cannabis; requiring criminal background checks for caregivers, growers, processors and dispensers of medical cannabis; establishing terms for permits; authorizing renewal of permits and establishing requirements for renewal; authorizing the bureau to suspend or revoke permits of medical cannabis growers, processers, and dispensers for violations; establishing limits on who may hold permits; establishing limits on who may hold positions or employment with growers, processors and dispensers; setting limits on number of permits that may be issued; requiring medical cannabis inventory tracking systems; requiring reporting by medical cannabis organizations; requiring rules for storage and transportation of medical cannabis; requiring medical cannabis organizations to contract with laboratories for testing of medical cannabis; requiring the bureau and the Department of Revenue to monitor the prices of medical cannabis; authorizing counties to prohibit medical cannabis organizations from being located within their county; establishing requirements for dispensaries; providing for imposition and collection of a tax; establishing the medical cannabis program fund; allocating monies placed in the fund; establishing the Office of Medical Cannabis within Bureau of Public Health; requiring reporting by medical cannabis organizations; authorizing the bureau to notify law enforcement of violations of the act; authorizing rule-making; establishing the medical cannabis advisory board; establishing requirements for advisory board membership; establishing terms for advisory board members; establishing duties of the advisory board; establishing criminal offenses related to medical cannabis and setting penalties therefor; establishing confidentiality requirements for advisory board members and employees; authorizing civil penalties and setting amounts thereof for violations of the medical cannabis act; authorizing research in medical cannabis by the bureau; authorizing medical cannabis advisory board to issue recommendations as to forms of cannabis use and other issues; authorizing the bureau to implement recommendations of the advisory board; requiring publication of bureau actions and decisions in the State Register; authorizing academic research regarding medical cannabis and its uses; establishing requirements to be an academic research institution; exempting medical cannabis manufacture, distribution, possession and processing in compliance with the act from the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act; limiting persons who may hold an interest in medical cannabis organizations or employment thereby; clarifying that insurance companies are not required to provide medical cannabis coverage; limiting the arrest, prosecution, imposition of penalty, denial of any right or privilege for lawful use, manufacture, sale or dispensing of medical cannabis; requiring the Department of Education to promulgate rules regarding possession and use of medical cannabis in schools; requiring the bureau to promulgate rules regarding possession and use of medical cannabis in day-care centers; authorizing zoning restrictions on medical cannabis organizations; requiring notice to the bureau of zoning restrictions; requiring publication in the state register of permits and authorizations issued; requiring issuance of permits and authorizations only after publication of same in the state register; and establishing effective dates.

Adopted

Rejected