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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2394 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5429 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2394 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. SHANNON, 117th Dist. |
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| 15 | 15 | | REP. SWEET, 91st Dist. |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING CAREGIVERS, QUALIFYING PATIENTS AND |
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| 21 | 21 | | THE PALLIATIVE USE OF CANNABIS. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | That chapter 420f of the general statutes be amended to, for purposes 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | of the state's palliative-use cannabis market, (1) redefine "caregiver" as 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | "medical cannabis caregiver", (2) redefine "qualifying patient", (3) define 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | "plant canopy" and "incidental cannabis material", (4) authorize 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | qualifying patients and medical cannabis caregivers to engage in 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | additional cultivation activities subject to area, security, privacy, odor 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | mitigation and fee requirements, (5) cap certain cannabis testing 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | laboratory fees, (6) provide additional anti-discrimination protections to 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | qualifying patients and medical cannabis caregivers, (7) modify the 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Department of Consumer Protection's enforcement powers and the 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | duration and terms of qualifying patient registration certificates, and (8) 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | modify, and establish new, penalties. 12 Proposed Bill No. 5429 |
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| 39 | 39 | | LCO No. 2394 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 42 | 42 | | To, for purposes of the state's palliative-use cannabis market, (1) define |
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| 43 | 43 | | and redefine certain terms, (2) authorize qualifying patients and medical |
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| 44 | 44 | | cannabis caregivers to engage in additional cultivation activities, (3) cap |
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| 45 | 45 | | certain cannabis testing laboratory fees, (4) provide additional anti- |
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| 46 | 46 | | discrimination protections to qualifying patients and caregivers, (5) |
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| 47 | 47 | | modify the Department of Consumer Protection's enforcement powers |
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| 48 | 48 | | and the duration and terms of qualifying patient registration certificates, |
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| 49 | 49 | | and (6) modify, and establish new, penalties. |
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