HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4527

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 9, 2020.

The committee on Cannabis Policy, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3705) of Hannah Kane and others  relative to data collection for the research agenda of the Cannabis Control Commission, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4527) ought to pass.

For the committee,

DAVID M. ROGERS.

        FILED ON: 2/5/2020

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4527

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to research data collection.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Subsection (b) of section 17 of chapter 94G of the General Laws, as inserted by section 41 of chapter 55 of the acts of 2017, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:-

Upon request of the commission, said departments and executive offices shall: (i) provide the commission with any existing data so requested, subject to any applicable confidentiality laws and regulations regarding personally identifying information; and (ii) collect data as reasonably requested by the commission to complete the research agenda required by this section and provide such data to the commission. Any personally identifiable information contained in data acquired through this section shall not be considered a public record and shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to clause 26 (a) of chapter 4 section 7.