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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 258 FILED ON: 1/11/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1949 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Lindsay N. Sabadosa |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to worker compensation protections for certified medical cannabis patients and |
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| 13 | 13 | | their caregivers. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/11/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 258 FILED ON: 1/11/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1949 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1949) |
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| 20 | 20 | | of Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to worker compensation protections for certified medical |
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| 21 | 21 | | cannabis patients and their caregivers. Labor and Workforce Development. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to worker compensation protections for certified medical cannabis patients and |
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| 28 | 28 | | their caregivers. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 6 of Chapter 94I of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2deleting after the existing text “This chapter shall not: (i)” the following text:- "require any |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3health insurance provider, or any government agency or authority, to reimburse any person for |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4the expenses of the medical use of marijuana; (ii)” and, by deleting “(iii)” and substituting |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5therefor “(ii)” |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 SECTION 2. Section 30 of Chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7inserting, after the text |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 “Where services are provided to employees under this section, the reasonable and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9necessary cost of such services shall be paid by the insurer.”, the following text: Such reasonable |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10and necessary service costs may include reimbursement for medical cannabis provided to injured |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11employees who are qualifying patients, or their personal caregiver, certified by a healthcare 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12professional pursuant to G.L. c. 94I as a qualifying patient, or serving as a qualifying patient's |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13personal caregiver under that chapter. |
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