THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	687
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 329-121, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "debilitating medical condition" to read as follows:

     ""Debilitating medical condition" means:

     (1)  Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or the treatment of these conditions;

     (2)  A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following:

         (A)  Cachexia or wasting syndrome;

         (B)  Severe pain;

         (C)  Severe nausea;

         (D)  Seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy; or

         (E)  Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis or Crohn's disease; [or]

     (3)  Posttraumatic stress disorder, as defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; provided that a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder has been made by a licensed physician within a three-year period immediately preceding the medical use of marijuana; or

    [(3)] (4)  Any other medical condition approved by the department of health pursuant to administrative rules in response to a request from a physician or potentially qualifying patient."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Medical Marijuana; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

 

Description:

Includes posttraumatic stress disorder to the definition of debilitating medical condition to allow for the use of medical marijuana in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder.

 

 

 

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