Bill Text: HI SB1139 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Office Of Medical Cannabis Control And Regulation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-02 - Act 169, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). [SB1139 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SB1139-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF MEDICAL CANNABIS CONTROL AND REGULATION.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION
1. The legislature finds that Act 159,
Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, established the office of medical cannabis control
and regulation (OMCCR) under the health resources administration of the
department of health to administer medical cannabis dispensary licensure and
regulation pursuant to chapter 329D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the registration
of qualifying patients and primary caregivers pursuant to chapter 329, part
IX, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The
purpose of this Act is to allow the department of health to fully
operationalize the office of medical cannabis control and regulation to ensure
patient access and regulatory oversight of the licensed dispensaries by:
(1) Changing the means of financing for
general-funded OMCCR positions from general funds to the medical cannabis
registry and regulation special fund;
(2) Establishing, hiring, and filling three new permanent
full-time equivalent positions (3.0 FTE) funded by the medical cannabis
registry and regulation special fund; and
(3) Authorizing the department of health to set via
administrative rule making, patient registration fees beginning in fiscal year 2022.
SECTION
2. Section 329-123, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b)
Qualifying patients shall register with
the department of health. The
registration shall be effective until the expiration of the certificate issued
by the department of health and signed by the physician or advanced practice
registered nurse. Every qualifying
patient shall provide sufficient identifying information to establish the
personal identities of the qualifying patient and the primary caregiver. Qualifying patients shall report changes in
information within ten working days. Every qualifying patient shall have only one
primary caregiver at any given time. The
department of health shall issue to the qualifying patient a registration
certificate, and is authorized to establish fees by administrative rules
and shall charge [$35 per year.] a fee as determined by the department."
SECTION
3. Section 329-123.5, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
"(e) Each qualifying out-of-state patient shall
pay a fee [of $45] in an amount determined by the department for
each registration and renewal."
SECTION
4. There is appropriated out of the medical
cannabis registry and regulation special fund, established pursuant to section 321-30.1,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $
or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2021-2022 and the
same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for
staff and operations of the office of medical cannabis control and regulation,
including the establishment of three permanent full-time equivalent (3.00 FTE)
positions.
The
sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the
purposes of this Act.
SECTION
5. Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken. New statutory
material is underlined.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Department of Health; Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation; Fees
Description:
Authorizes the Department of Health to set patient registration fees by administrative rulemaking, adds 3.0 FTE positions for staff and operations of the office of medical cannabis control and regulation, and changes means of finance for positions. (SD1)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
