Connecticut 2020 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00360 Compare Versions

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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 360
7	7	February Session, 2020
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11	11	Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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14	14	Introduced by:
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20	20	AN ACT WAIVING CERTA IN MEDICAL MARIJUANA FEES FOR
21	21	VETERANS.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23	Assembly convened:
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25	25	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 21a-408d of the general statutes is 1
26	26	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
27	27	2020): 3
28	28	(a) Each qualifying patient who is issued a written certification for the 4
29	29	palliative use of marijuana under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of 5
30	30	section 21a-408a, and the primary caregiver of such qualifying patient, 6
31	31	shall register with the Department of Consumer Protection. Such 7
32	32	registration shall be effective from the date the Department of 8
33	33	Consumer Protection issues a certificate of registration until the 9
34	34	expiration of the written certification issued by the physician or 10
35	35	advanced practice registered nurse. The qualifying patient and the 11
36	36	primary caregiver shall provide sufficient identifying information, as 12
37	37	determined by the department, to establish the personal identity of the 13
38	38	qualifying patient and the primary caregiver. If the qualifying patient is 14
39	39	under eighteen years of age and not an emancipated minor, the 15 Raised Bill No. 360
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45	45	custodial parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the 16
46	46	qualifying patient shall also provide a letter from both the qualifying 17
47	47	patient's primary care provider and a physician who is board certified 18
48	48	in an area of medicine involved in the treatment of the debilitating 19
49	49	condition for which the qualifying patient was certified that confirms 20
50	50	that the palliative use of marijuana is in the best interest of the qualifying 21
51	51	patient. A physician may issue a written certification for the palliative 22
52	52	use of marijuana by a qualifying patient who is under eighteen years of 23
53	53	age, provided such written certification shall not be for marijuana in a 24
54	54	dosage form that requires that the marijuana be smoked, inhaled or 25
55	55	vaporized. The qualifying patient or the primary caregiver shall report 26
56	56	any change in the identifying information to the department not later 27
57	57	than five business days after such change. The department shall issue a 28
58	58	registration certificate to the qualifying patient and to the primary 29
59	59	caregiver and may charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed twenty-five 30
60	60	dollars, for each registration certificate issued under this subsection, 31
61	61	except that no such fee shall be charged to a qualifying patient who is a 32
62	62	veteran, as defined in section 27-103. Any registration fees collected by 33
63	63	the department under this subsection shall be paid to the State Treasurer 34
64	64	and credited to the General Fund. 35
65	65	Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 21a-408m of the general statutes is 36
66	66	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 37
67	67	2020): 38
68	68	(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt 39
69	69	regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish a reasonable fee 40
70	70	to be collected from each qualifying patient to whom a written 41
71	71	certification for the palliative use of marijuana is issued under 42
72	72	subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 21a-408a, for the purpose of 43
73	73	offsetting the direct and indirect costs of administering the provisions 44
74	74	of sections 21a-408 to 21a-408n, inclusive, except that no such fee shall 45
75	75	be charged to a qualifying patient who is a veteran, as defined in section 46
76	76	27-103. The commissioner shall collect such fee at the time the qualifying 47
77	77	patient registers with the Department of Consumer Protection under 48
78	78	subsection (a) of section 21a-408d, as amended by this act. Such fee shall 49 Raised Bill No. 360
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84	84	be in addition to any registration fee that may be charged under said 50
85	85	subsection. The fees required to be collected by the commissioner from 51
86	86	qualifying patients under this subsection shall be paid to the State 52
87	87	Treasurer and credited to the General Fund. 53
88	88	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
89	89	sections:
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91	91	Section 1 July 1, 2020 21a-408d(a)
92	92	Sec. 2 July 1, 2020 21a-408m(b)
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94	94	Statement of Purpose:
95	95	To exempt veterans from the registration and administration fees for
96	96	medical marijuana.
97	97	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
98	98	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
99	99	underlined.]
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