Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

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7	6		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 861
8	7		January Session, 2021
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12	11		Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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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26	26		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
27	27		1, 2021): 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. 861
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46	45		custodial parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the 16
47	46		qualifying patient shall also provide a letter from both the qualifying 17
48	47		patient's primary care provider and a physician who is board certified 18
49	48		in an area of medicine involved in the treatment of the debilitating 19
50	49		condition for which the qualifying patient was certified that confirms 20
51	50		that the palliative use of marijuana is in the best interest of the qualifying 21
52	51		patient. A physician may issue a written certification for the palliative 22
53	52		use of marijuana by a qualifying patient who is under eighteen years of 23
54	53		age, provided such written certification shall not be for marijuana in a 24
55	54		dosage form that requires that the marijuana be smoked, inhaled or 25
56	55		vaporized. The qualifying patient or the primary caregiver shall report 26
57	56		any change in the identifying information to the department not later 27
58	57		than five business days after such change. The department shall issue a 28
59	58		registration certificate to the qualifying patient and to the primary 29
60	59		caregiver and may charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed twenty-five 30
61	60		dollars, for each registration certificate issued under this subsection, 31
62	61		except that no such fee shall be charged to a qualifying patient who is a 32
63	62		veteran, as defined in section 27-103. Any registration fees collected by 33
64	63		the department under this subsection shall be paid to the State Treasurer 34
65	64		and credited to the General Fund. 35
66	65		Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 21a-408m of the general statutes is 36
67	66		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 37
68	67		1, 2021): 38
69	68		(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt 39
70	69		regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish a reasonable fee 40
71	70		to be collected from each qualifying patient to whom a written 41
72	71		certification for the palliative use of marijuana is issued under 42
73	72		subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 21a-408a, for the purpose of 43
74	73		offsetting the direct and indirect costs of administering the provisions 44
75	74		of sections 21a-408 to 21a-408n, inclusive, except that no such fee shall 45
76	75		be charged to a qualifying patient who is a veteran, as defined in section 46
77	76		27-103. The commissioner shall collect such fee at the time the qualifying 47
78		-	patient registers with the Department of Consumer Protection under 48 Raised Bill No. 861
	77	+	patient registers with the Department of Consumer Protection under 48
	78	+	subsection (a) of section 21a-408d, as amended by this act. Such fee shall 49 Raised Bill No. 861
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85		-	subsection (a) of section 21a-408d, as amended by this act. Such fee shall 49
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86	84		be in addition to any registration fee that may be charged under said 50
87	85		subsection. The fees required to be collected by the commissioner from 51
88	86		qualifying patients under this subsection shall be paid to the State 52
89	87		Treasurer and credited to the General Fund. 53
90	88		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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93	91		Section 1 October 1, 2021 21a-408d(a)
94	92		Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 21a-408m(b)
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	94	+	Statement of Purpose:
	95	+	To exempt veterans from the registration and administration fees for
	96	+	medical marijuana.
	97	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	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	+	underlined.]
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