Bill Text - SB357 (2024)

Relative to expanding the definition of providers who can certify patients of the therapeutic cannabis program.


Revision: Nov. 16, 2023, 10:41 a.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-2824.0

05/08

 

SENATE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT relative to expanding the definition of providers who can certify patients of the therapeutic cannabis program.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill expands the definition of provider under the therapeutic cannabis program to include any individual licensed in New Hampshire to prescribe drugs to humans who holds an active registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances.  The bill also requires, for issuance of a registry identification card to a minor, certification from 2 providers, one of whom shall provide pediatric care.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2824.0

05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to expanding the definition of providers who can certify patients of the therapeutic cannabis program.

 

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

 

1  New Subparagraph; Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Definition of Provider.  Amend RSA 126-X:1, VII(a) by inserting after subparagraph (4) the following new subparagraph:

(5)  Any New Hampshire provider who is licensed to prescribe drugs to humans and who possesses an active registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances.

2  Registry Identification Cards; Qualifications for Minors.  Amend RSA 126-X:4, V(a) to read as follows:

(a)  A custodial parent or legal guardian responsible for health care decisions for the qualifying patient submits a written certification from 2 providers, one of whom shall be a [pediatrician] pediatric care provider.

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