Bill Text - HB240 (2021)

Relative to identification of cannabis strain for therapeutic cannabis.


Revision: Feb. 26, 2021, 11 a.m.

HB 240 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

24Feb2021... 0237h

2021 SESSION

21-0056

04/10

 

HOUSE BILL 240

 

AN ACT relative to identification of cannabis strain for therapeutic cannabis.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Dontonville, Graf. 10

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires an alternative treatment center to list the commercial strain name of the cannabis on the label of the packaging and permits the alternative treatment center to list the commercial strain names of the cannabis available to be dispensed on its public Internet website.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24Feb2021... 0237h 21-0056

04/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to identification of cannabis strain for therapeutic cannabis.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Labeling of Cannabis.  Amend RSA 126-X:8, XVI(a) to read as follows:

XVI.(a)  All cannabis dispensed by an alternative treatment center shall include a label specifying the commercial strain name of the cannabis, the weight of the cannabis, and any other information the department requires to appear on the label.  The label shall also specify that the cannabis is for therapeutic use and that diversion is a class B felony requiring revocation of one's registry identification card.  An alternative treatment center may list the commercial strain names of the cannabis available to be dispensed on its public Internet website.  

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.