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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 861
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT WAIVING CERTA IN MEDICAL MARIJUANA FEES FOR
VETERANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 21a-408d of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2021): 3
(a) Each qualifying patient who is issued a written certification for the 4
palliative use of marijuana under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of 5
section 21a-408a, and the primary caregiver of such qualifying patient, 6
shall register with the Department of Consumer Protection. Such 7
registration shall be effective from the date the Department of 8
Consumer Protection issues a certificate of registration until the 9
expiration of the written certification issued by the physician or 10
advanced practice registered nurse. The qualifying patient and the 11
primary caregiver shall provide sufficient identifying information, as 12
determined by the department, to establish the personal identity of the 13
qualifying patient and the primary caregiver. If the qualifying patient is 14
under eighteen years of age and not an emancipated minor, the 15 Raised Bill No. 861
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custodial parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the 16
qualifying patient shall also provide a letter from both the qualifying 17
patient's primary care provider and a physician who is board certified 18
in an area of medicine involved in the treatment of the debilitating 19
condition for which the qualifying patient was certified that confirms 20
that the palliative use of marijuana is in the best interest of the qualifying 21
patient. A physician may issue a written certification for the palliative 22
use of marijuana by a qualifying patient who is under eighteen years of 23
age, provided such written certification shall not be for marijuana in a 24
dosage form that requires that the marijuana be smoked, inhaled or 25
vaporized. The qualifying patient or the primary caregiver shall report 26
any change in the identifying information to the department not later 27
than five business days after such change. The department shall issue a 28
registration certificate to the qualifying patient and to the primary 29
caregiver and may charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed twenty-five 30
dollars, for each registration certificate issued under this subsection, 31
except that no such fee shall be charged to a qualifying patient who is a 32
veteran, as defined in section 27-103. Any registration fees collected by 33
the department under this subsection shall be paid to the State Treasurer 34
and credited to the General Fund. 35
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 21a-408m of the general statutes is 36
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 37
1, 2021): 38
(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt 39
regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish a reasonable fee 40
to be collected from each qualifying patient to whom a written 41
certification for the palliative use of marijuana is issued under 42
subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 21a-408a, for the purpose of 43
offsetting the direct and indirect costs of administering the provisions 44
of sections 21a-408 to 21a-408n, inclusive, except that no such fee shall 45
be charged to a qualifying patient who is a veteran, as defined in section 46
27-103. The commissioner shall collect such fee at the time the qualifying 47
patient registers with the Department of Consumer Protection under 48 Raised Bill No. 861
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subsection (a) of section 21a-408d, as amended by this act. Such fee shall 49
be in addition to any registration fee that may be charged under said 50
subsection. The fees required to be collected by the commissioner from 51
qualifying patients under this subsection shall be paid to the State 52
Treasurer and credited to the General Fund. 53
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 21a-408d(a)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 21a-408m(b)
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