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SB 701 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; permitting of pharmaceutical processors to manufacture and provide.
Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; permitting of pharmaceutical processors to manufacture and provide. Authorizes a pharmaceutical processor, after obtaining a permit from the Board of Pharmacy (the Board) and under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, to manufacture and provide cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil to be used for the treatment of intractable epilepsy. The bill sets limits on the number of permits that the Board may issue and requires that the Board adopt regulations establishing health, safety, and security requirements for permitted processors. The bill provides that only a licensed practitioner of medicine or osteopathy who is a neurologist or who specializes in the treatment of epilepsy may issue a written certification to a patient for the use of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil. The bill also requires that a practitioner who issues a written certification for cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil, the patient issued such certification, and, if the patient is a minor or incapacitated, the patient's parent or legal guardian register with the Board. The bill requires further that a pharmaceutical processor shall not provide cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil to a patient or a patient's parent or legal guardian without first verifying that the patient, the patient's parent or legal guardian if the patient is a minor or incapacitated, and the practitioner who issued the written certification have registered with the Board. Finally, the bill provides an affirmative defense for agents and employees of pharmaceutical processors in a prosecution for the manufacture, possession, or distribution of marijuana. An enactment clause provides that except for provisions requiring the Board to promulgate regulations, the provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2017 Session of the General Assembly.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/16 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 16103609D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105173D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105542D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105960D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB701ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/29/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0577) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/21/16 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 16103609D
- 01/21/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/01/16 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/04/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105173D-S1
- 02/04/16 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/15/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105542D-S2
- 02/16/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/16 Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/16/16 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 16105173D-S1
- 02/16/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/16/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16105542D-S2
- 02/16/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB701S2
- 02/16/16 Senate: Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N)
- 02/16/16 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/16 Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- 02/16/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/16 House: Read first time
- 02/18/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/29/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105960D-H1
- 03/04/16 House: Read second time
- 03/07/16 House: Read third time
- 03/07/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16105960D-H1
- 03/07/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB701H1
- 03/07/16 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTES (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/16 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/08/16 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/16 Senate: Title replaced 16105960D-H1
- 03/10/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/10/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB701ER)
- 03/10/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
- 03/11/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/29/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 577 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/29/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0577)