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2023 SESSION
23-0121.0
05/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to employment protection for participants in the therapeutic cannabis program.
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, or terminating the employment of a qualified patient of the New Hampshire therapeutic cannabis program solely on the basis of a positive drug test.
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23-0121.0
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to employment protection for participants in the therapeutic cannabis program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Qualified Patient of New Hampshire's Therapeutic Cannabis Program. Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 37-d the following new section:
275:37-e Qualified Patient of New Hampshire's Therapeutic Cannabis Program. No employer shall deny employment to or terminate the employment of an individual solely because the individual is a qualified patient of the New Hampshire therapeutic cannabis program under RSA 126-X and such person has a positive drug test indicating cannabis, provided that the person carries a current, valid registry identification card. This section shall not apply to employment where drug screening tests are required for the safety of persons and property at the job site. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require an employer to allow being impaired by cannabis products while at work.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.