Number S1031

Name Act to establish the MA Medical marijuana Program

Sponsor Sponsors Sen. Rosenberg, Keenan Wolf, Turner, Murphy, Walsh, Hunt, Dykema, Rogers, Donoghue, Conroy, McMurtry

H2039

Act establishing zoning standards for medical marijuana dispensaries

Rep. Murphy

H2101

Act clarifying municipal regulations regarding medical marijuana

Rep. Turner

H2102

Act to affecting property owners and employers

Rep. Turner

Summary Defines bona-fide physician patient relationship; requires in person appointment; physicians must have appropriate training; limits caregivers to one patient; defines minor patient; limits patients to 2oz. per month; sets up medical marijuana administration fund for promulgation and enforcement; DPH regulate max # of cultivators; no less than $25K for cultivation license; financial requirements to cultivators; compensation limits for staff; health, safety, and security requirements for cultivators; max # of dispensaries at 10; enter prescription monitoring program; no advertising; dispensary cannot also be a cultivator; CORI checks; caregivers may not be reimbursed for services; regulations adding conditions; dept keep confidential list; DPH report to JPH about program, JPH annually hold hearing on program. No dispensary may be located within 1000 foot radius of a school, place of worship, civic center, drug free zone, or non smoking zones; may not be located within 1000 foot radius of a residential zone unless city council regulates location. Walsh, Any city, town, district, school district that regulates DiNatale, smoking on public property within such entity is deemed to Diehl, Walz, prohibit smoking of marijuana unless they have voted to Dwyer, allow it; not discrimination due to a medical condition. Jones, Murphy, Keenan, Orrall Walsh, Any entity that regulates smoking on private property is Diehl, Walz, deemed to prohibit smoking of marijuana unless they

Action Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (JPH)

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rights regarding medical marijuana

H1917

Act relative to the regulation and oversight of medical marijuana

Rep. Collins

H1663

Act affecting municipal rights regarding medical marijuana

Turner

H1664

Act affecting landlords rights regarding medical marijuana

Turner

Dwyer, Jones, Murphy, Keenan, Dykema, Hecht Arciero, Canavan, Fox, Hunt, Keenan, Kuros, Murphy, Turner, Walsh, Dwyer, Stanley Walsh, DiNatale, Diehl, Walz, Dwyer, Jones, Murphy, Keenan, Orrall, Wolf Walsh, Diehl, Walz, Dwyer, DiNatale, Jones, Keenan, Hecht

permit it; not discrimination due to a medical condition.

A prescription may be issued by a physician who is licensed in a contiguous state; a distributor must determine that prescription is authentic and valid, verify by telephone; distributor not liable for refusing to fill a prescription where verification cannot be obtained; a distributor must deliver to DPH a copy of prescription; no less than $1M from fees directed to Executive Office of Safety and Security for the purposes of reinstating and funding the Drug Diversion Unit of the MA State Police. Cities, towns, districts, or school districts may regulate and prohibit the use of medical marijuana.

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Residential and commercial landlords may regulate smoking medical marijuana on or in property that the landlord owns or controls.

Judiciary

S1030

Act relative to the implementation date of a medical marijuana program Act relative to the humanitarian use of marijuana

Sen Keenan

H1612

Rep. Scibak

Walsh, Walsh, Ross, Murphy, Dykema Sciortino

Change effective date of law from 1/1/13 to 9/1/13

JPH

S950

Act relative to the zoning of marijuana treatment centers

Rep. Hedlund

Strikes out initiative entirely; adds PTSD, severe pain, nausea, seizures to qualifying conditions; creates Medical marijuana Enforcement Division; defines medical marijuana testing laboratory; caregivers prohibited from consuming marijuana. Zoning ordinances authorizing establishment of treatment centers defined; may state the specific improvements, amenities, or locations of proposed uses.

Judiciary

H1515

S823

Act relative to public possession of marijuana in a municipality Act protecting the public from driving under the influence of marijuana

Rep. Murphy Sen. Tarr

No protection for persons in possession of marijuana within a school, play ground, library, municipal owned land, building, or vehicle. Odor of marijuana in a vehicle can give an officer probable cause to believe criminal activity is underway.

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