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2		-	ENROLLED HOUSE
3		-	BILL NO. 3971 By: Burns, West (Josh) and
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	28	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	30	+	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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	32	+	CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
	33	+	SUBSTITUTE
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	35	+	HOUSE BILL NO. 3971 By: Burns, West (Josh) and
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15	48		An Act relating to medical marijuana; authorizing the
16	49		Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Au thority to employ secret
17	50		shoppers for certain purpose; directing secret
18	51		shoppers to purchase specific amounts for compliance
19	52		tests; providing guidelines for testing samples;
20	53		directing secret shoppers to deliver samples to
21	54		quality assurance laboratories for certain testing;
22	55		directing the Authority to annually inspect minimum
23	56		number of licensed medical marijuana di spensaries;
24	57		providing for the recall of medical marijuana and
25	58		marijuana products for safety failures; providing for
26	59		the verification of certain laboratory results;
27	60		requiring the retention of investigative results for
28	61		certain number of years; directing the Authority to
29	62		implement rules for providing certain notice;
30	63		authorizing the Authority to take cer tain
31	64		disciplinary actions; allowing the Authority to share
32	65		investigative results with certain entities;
33	66		authorizing the Authority to conduct fur ther
34	67		evaluation of investigative results; prov iding for
35	68		the revocation of business licenses under certain
36	69		circumstances; directing the Authority to implement
37	70		certain rules; providing for codification; and
38	71		providing an effective date.
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	74	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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43		-	SUBJECT: Medical marijuana
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45		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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47	101		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
48	102		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 427.25 of Title 63, unless there
49	103		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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51	104		A. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall implement
52	105		rules to employ secret shoppers. Secret shoppers shall purchase
53	106		medical marijuana or marijuana products from licensed medical
54	107		marijuana dispensaries.
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56	108		B. For each purchase, the secret shopper shall buy an amount of
57	109		medical marijuana or marijuana products sufficient for five complete
58	110		compliance tests. Four samples shall be tested by licensed medical
59	111		marijuana testing laboratories, one of which shall be the laboratory
60	112		of origin, if applicable. One sample shall be kept in reserve by
61	113		the Authority in the event of a discrepancy be tween the testing
62	114		laboratories, which may require retesting of the medical marijuana
63	115		or marijuana products. When making purchases from a licensed
64	116		medical marijuana dispensary, the secret shopper shall ask for the
65	117		certificate of analysis for each product purchased.
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67	118		C. The secret shopper shall deliver the medical marijuana or
68	119		marijuana products to a quality assurance laboratory for
69	120		homogenization. Once the samples have been homogenized, the samples
70	121		shall be delivered to four randomly selected licensed medical
71	122		marijuana testing laboratories for compliance testing which shall
72	123		include the testing for pesticides, heavy metals, microbials,
73	124		residual solvents for extracted products, and potency. One sample
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74	151		shall be kept by the Authority in reserve. If the medical marijuana
75	152		or marijuana products were previously tested with available results
76	153		from a licensed medical marijuana testing laboratory, that testing
77	154		laboratory shall be one of the four licensed medical marijuana
78	155		testing laboratories chosen by the Authority. For the avoidance of
79	156		doubt, neither the licensed medical marijuana dispensary nor the
80	157		licensed medical marijuana testing laboratory shall be told that the
81	158		business entity is selling medical marijuana or marijuana products
82	159		to a secret shopper or testing samples submitted by a secret shopper
83	160		employed by the Authority and posing as a licensed medical marijuana
84	161		patient.
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86	162		D. The Authority shall inspect, by secret shopper, a minimum of
87	163		fifty licensed medical marijuana dispensaries annually beginning
88	164		January 1, 2024. In the year 2025, the Authority shall inspect, by
89	165		secret shopper, a minimum of ten percent (10%) of randomly selected
90	166		licensed medical marijuana dispensaries in Oklahoma per year.
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92	167		E. 1. When the licensed medical marijuana testing laboratories
93	168		unanimously confirm test results with safety failures for
94	169		contaminants, the Authority shall recall the medical marijuana or
95	170		marijuana product within seven (7) days of obtaining the test
96	171		results. The name of the licensed medical marijuana dispensary and
97	172		any other relevant product information shall be made public via a
98	173		press release issued by the Authority. If there is greater than one
99	174		but less than four contaminant fails among the licensed medical
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100	201		marijuana testing laborator ies, the Authority shall work with a
101	202		quality assurance laboratory to verify the results of the licensed
102	203		medical marijuana testing laboratories and take appropriate action.
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104	204		2. When the average of total potency or total terpene re sults
105	205		collected from a licensed medical marij uana testing laboratory for a
106	206		particular product is outside the allowable limits, the Authority
107	207		shall work with a quality assurance laboratory to verify the results
108	208		of the testing laboratory. If results are verified to be outside
109	209		the allowable limits, the Authority shall require relabeling of the
110	210		medical marijuana or marijuana products.
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117	215		or licensed medical marijuana processor of any investigative results
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121	218		medical marijuana grower or lic ensed medical marijuana processor is
122	219		notified of the investigative results, such results may be used by
123	220		the Authority to take action against the lice nsee, assess fines, or
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130	251		7. The Authority may elect to conduct further evaluations of
131	252		the investigative results at any time fo r verification or for other
132	253		purposes reasonably related to sanitation, p ublic health, or public
133	254		safety.
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135	255		F. The failure of any licensed medical marijuana business to
136	256		cooperate with the provisions of this section may result in the
137	257		revocation of the license at the discretion of the Authority.
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139	258		G. The Authority shall implement rules necessary to enforce the
140	259		provisions of this act.
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142	260		SECTION 2. This act shall become effecti ve January 1, 2024.
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146		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 19th day of May, 2022.
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164		-	OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
165		-	Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
166		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
167		-	By: _________________________________
168		-	Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this ____ _____
169		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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173		-	Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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175		-	OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
176		-	Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
177		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
178		-	By: _________________________________