Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-914.1

Further EHS 914.1

Clarifying the Classification of Marijuana

Mr. Keenan moved that the amendment be amended moved that the amendment be amended by inserting at the end the following new section:-

“SECTION __. Chapter 369 of the Acts of 2012 is hereby further amended by striking Section 11 and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“Section 11. Guarantee of Patient Access.

The Department shall additionally promulgate regulations to ensure adequate access to marijuana for medical purposes to a qualifying patient whose access to a medical treatment center is limited by verified financial hardship, a physical incapacity to access reasonable transportation, or the lack of a treatment center within a reasonable distance of the patient's residence.

Such regulations may include, but need not be limited to, requirements that a medical marijuana dispensary demonstrate the ability to provide a product at low cost or no cost to patients limited by financial hardship, and the ability to establish an adequate delivery system that enables all qualifying patients within the county of the treatment center’s registration, including those patients with physical limitations, to receive medical marijuana and related products by delivery to their homes.”