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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
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TO
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3106)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
medical
cannabidiol
Act,
including
by
1
granting
the
department
of
public
health
the
authority
to
2
alter
the
definition
of
medical
cannabidiol
and
to
alter
the
3
list
of
debilitating
medical
conditions
for
which
the
use
4
of
medical
cannabidiol
would
be
medically
beneficial,
and
5
including
conforming
changes.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
124E.2,
subsection
6,
Code
2018,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
6.
“Medical
cannabidiol”
means
any
pharmaceutical
3
grade
cannabinoid
found
in
the
plant
Cannabis
sativa
L.
or
4
Cannabis
indica
or
any
other
preparation
thereof
that
has
a
5
tetrahydrocannabinol
level
of
no
more
than
three
percent
,
6
unless
otherwise
recommended
by
the
medical
cannabidiol
board
7
and
adopted
by
the
department
pursuant
to
rule,
and
that
is
8
delivered
in
a
form
recommended
by
the
medical
cannabidiol
9
board,
approved
by
the
board
of
medicine,
and
adopted
by
the
10
department
pursuant
to
rule.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
124E.5,
subsection
4,
Code
2018,
is
amended
12
to
read
as
follows:
13
4.
a.
Recommendations
made
by
the
medical
cannabidiol
14
board
pursuant
to
subsection
3,
paragraphs
paragraph
“b”
and
15
“e”
,
shall
be
made
to
the
board
of
medicine
for
consideration,
16
department
and
if
approved,
shall
be
adopted
by
the
board
of
17
medicine
department
by
rule.
18
b.
Recommendations
made
by
the
medical
cannabidiol
board
19
pursuant
to
subsection
3,
paragraph
“e”
,
shall
be
made
to
the
20
board
of
medicine
and
shall
be
adopted
by
the
board
of
medicine
21
by
rule.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
124E.5,
subsection
6,
Code
2018,
is
amended
23
by
striking
the
subsection.
24
Sec.
4.
Section
124E.11,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
25
2018,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
grants
the
medical
cannabidiol
board
authority
30
to
recommend
to
the
department
of
public
health
alteration
31
of
the
definition
of
medical
cannabidiol
under
the
medical
32
cannabidiol
Act
(Code
chapter
124E),
including
the
allowable
33
tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC)
level.
The
bill
also
allows
the
34
medical
cannabidiol
board
to
recommend
the
alteration
of
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the
list
of
debilitating
medical
conditions
for
which
the
1
medical
use
of
cannabidiol
would
be
medically
beneficial
2
to
the
department
of
public
health,
which
shall
adopt
such
3
recommendations
by
rule.
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
4
medicine
to
adopt
recommendations
made
by
the
medical
5
cannabidiol
board
regarding
the
form
and
quantity
of
allowable
6
medical
uses
of
marijuana.
Current
law
allows
the
department
7
of
public
health
to
do
so
following
the
approval
of
the
board
8
of
medicine.
9
The
bill
strikes
current
provisions
in
the
law
which
allow
10
the
medical
cannabidiol
board
to
recommend
increasing
the
THC
11
level
to
more
than
3
percent
to
the
general
assembly
and
that
12
the
general
assembly
shall
have
the
sole
authority
to
alter
the
13
definition
of
medical
cannabidiol.
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