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HB 829 KY
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AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and declaring an emergency.

KY · session 2024RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Feb 26, 2024

Latest action (Apr 17, 2024) signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 195)

Summary

Amend KRS 218B.010 to revise the definition of "bona fide practitioner-patient relationship"; amend KRS 218B.020 to require the Board of Physicians and Advisors to assist the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in developing a Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Pamphlet; amend KRS 218B.035 to prohibit vaping cannabis products on any form of public transportation, in any public place, or in any place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement; amend KRS 218B.045 to permit private religious schools to refuse to enroll a student who is a cardholder; allow, instead of require, local boards of education and the boards of directors of public charter schools to establish policies related to the use of medicinal cannabis on school property; require such policies, if established, to include a process by which a school nurse or other school administrator may refuse to administer medicinal cannabis to a student who is a cardholder; require the administration of medicinal cannabis on school property to occur out of view of other students; amend KRS 218B.050 prohibit a medicinal cannabis practitioner from providing a written certification for the use of medicinal cannabis to a patient who is taking a prescription drug that contraindicates the use of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 218B.055 to require that an application for a registry identification card to include a written certification issued not more than 60 days prior to the date of the application; amend KRS 218B.065 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to conduct a criminal background check on each application for a registry identification card solely to determine if the applicant was previously convicted of a disqualifying felony offense; amend KRS 218B.070 to require a medicinal cannabis practitioner to notify the Cabinet for Health and Family Services if he or she has knowledge that a patient has died, ceased to suffer from a qualifying medical condition, or is no longer likely to receive safe and effective therapeutic or palliative benefits from the use of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 218B.110 to establish a requirement that dispensaries provide cardholders with a copy of the Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Pamphlet; amend KRS 218B.130 to revise the process for initiating a public question related to medicinal cannabis business operations; amend KRS 218B.140 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a medicinal cannabis adverse drug effects reporting system and to produce the Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Pamphlet; amend 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 146 (2023 SB 47), sec. 42, to establish a new effective date of August 1, 2024, for KRS 139.480, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, 218B.015, 218B.030, 218B.090, 218B.095, 218B.100, 218B.105, 218B.110, 218B.115, 218B.120, 218B.125, and 218B.155; EFFECTIVE, in part, August 1, 2024.

Sponsors (3)

Action history (29)

  1. Feb 26, 2024 introduced in House · lower
  2. Feb 26, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Mar 6, 2024 to Health Services (H) · lower
  4. Mar 7, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  5. Mar 8, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
  6. Mar 8, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024 · lower
  7. Mar 11, 2024 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
  8. Mar 12, 2024 3rd reading, passed 66-30 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
  9. Mar 13, 2024 received in Senate · upper
  10. Mar 13, 2024 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  11. Mar 22, 2024 to State & Local Government (S) · upper
  12. Mar 27, 2024 taken from State & Local Government (S) · upper
  13. Mar 27, 2024 1st reading · lower
  14. Mar 27, 2024 returned to State & Local Government (S) · upper
  15. Mar 28, 2024 taken from State & Local Government (S) · upper
  16. Mar 28, 2024 2nd reading · lower
  17. Mar 28, 2024 returned to State & Local Government (S) · upper
  18. Apr 12, 2024 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
  19. Apr 15, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, April 15, 2024 · lower
  20. Apr 15, 2024 3rd reading, passed 26-12 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
  21. Apr 15, 2024 received in House · lower
  22. Apr 15, 2024 to Rules (H) · lower
  23. Apr 15, 2024 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
  24. Apr 15, 2024 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
  25. Apr 15, 2024 passed 69-15 · lower
  26. Apr 15, 2024 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
  27. Apr 15, 2024 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
  28. Apr 15, 2024 delivered to Governor · lower
  29. Apr 17, 2024 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 195) · lower
Subjects
Administrative Regulations and ProceedingsCannabisChildren and MinorsEducation, Elementary and SecondaryEffective Dates, DelayedState Agencies

Text versions (3)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Acts Chapter 195 · PDF
  • Current/Final · PDF
  • Introduced · PDF

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