Amendment ID: S2722-56-R1

Redraft Amendment 56

SWM Amendment

Mr. Rodrigues moves that the proposed new text be amended in section  1, by inserting after the word “chair”, in line 40, the following words:- “and commissioners”; and

In said section  1, by striking out, in line 69, the word “chair” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- “commissioners”; and

In said section  1, by inserting after the word “chair”, in line 72, the following words:- “or executive director”; and

In said section  1, by striking out, in line 81, the word “members” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- “commissioners”; and

In said section  1, by inserting after the word “decision”, in line 90, the following words:- “or any matter over which a commissioner may serve in an adjudicatory capacity”; and

In section  21, by striking out, in line 213, the words “the attorney general,”; and

By inserting after section 16 the following section:-

“SECTION  16A. Subsection (a) of said section 4 of said chapter 94G, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clauses (xv) and (xvi).”; and

By inserting after section 20 the following section:-

SECTION  21A. Said section 4 of said chapter 94G, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following 2 subsections:-

(m) The executive director shall conduct investigations into the qualifications of all applicants for employment by the commission and all applicants for licensure.

(n) The executive director shall  receive from the state police, the department of criminal justice information services or other  agencies, including, but not limited to, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Internal Revenue Service, such criminal offender record information relating to criminal and background investigations as necessary for the purpose of evaluating licensees, applicants for license, and lab agents as provided in section 21.”; and

By inserting after section 41 the following section:-

“SECTION  41A. Said section 2 of said chapter 94I, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 42 and 43, the words "qualifying patient or the qualifying patient’s personal caregiver” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-card holders.”.