House
File
732
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
732
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
244)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
medical
cannabidiol
Act.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
124E.2,
subsection
2,
paragraph
i,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
i.
Untreatable
Severe
or
chronic
pain.
3
Sec.
2.
Section
124E.2,
subsections
5
and
6,
Code
2019,
are
4
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5
5.
“Health
care
practitioner”
means
an
individual
licensed
6
under
chapter
148
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
7
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
,
a
physician
assistant
8
licensed
under
chapter
148C,
or
an
advanced
registered
nurse
9
practitioner
licensed
under
chapter
152
or
152E,
who
is
a
10
patient’s
primary
care
provider.
“Health
care
practitioner”
11
shall
not
include
a
physician
assistant
licensed
under
chapter
12
148C
or
an
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner
licensed
13
pursuant
to
chapter
152
or
152E
.
14
6.
“Medical
cannabidiol”
means
any
pharmaceutical
15
grade
cannabinoid
found
in
the
plant
Cannabis
sativa
L.
or
16
Cannabis
indica
or
any
other
preparation
thereof
that
has
17
a
tetrahydrocannabinol
level
of
no
more
than
three
percent
18
and
that
is
delivered
in
a
form
recommended
by
the
medical
19
cannabidiol
board,
approved
by
the
board
of
medicine,
and
20
adopted
by
the
department
pursuant
to
rule.
21
Sec.
3.
Section
124E.2,
subsection
8,
Code
2019,
is
amended
22
by
striking
the
subsection.
23
Sec.
4.
Section
124E.4,
subsection
1,
paragraph
f,
Code
24
2019,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
25
Sec.
5.
Section
124E.9,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
26
following
new
subsections:
27
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
13.
A
medical
cannabidiol
dispensary
28
may
employ
a
pharmacist
or
pharmacy
technician
licensed
or
29
registered
pursuant
to
chapter
155A.
30
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
14.
A
medical
cannabidiol
dispensary
shall
31
not
dispense
more
than
a
combined
total
of
twenty
grams
of
32
tetrahydrocannabinol
to
a
patient
and
the
patient’s
primary
33
caregiver
in
a
ninety-day
period.
The
department
may
decrease
34
this
limit
by
rule
as
provided
in
section
124E.11,
subsection
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2,
paragraph
“c”
.
1
Sec.
6.
Section
124E.11,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
2
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(c),
Code
2019,
is
3
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
(c)
To
authorized
employees
of
a
medical
cannabidiol
5
dispensary,
but
only
for
the
purpose
purposes
of
verifying
that
6
a
person
is
lawfully
in
possession
of
a
medical
cannabidiol
7
registration
card
issued
pursuant
to
this
chapter
and
that
a
8
person
has
not
purchased
tetrahydrocannabinol
in
excess
of
the
9
amount
authorized
by
this
chapter
.
10
Sec.
7.
Section
124E.11,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
11
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
12
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
j.
Collect
and
evaluate
data
on
patient
13
demographics,
effective
treatment
options,
clinical
outcomes,
14
and
quality
of
life
outcomes
for
the
purpose
of
reporting
on
15
the
benefits,
risks,
and
outcomes
encountered
by
patients
with
16
a
debilitating
medical
condition
engaged
in
the
use
of
medical
17
cannabidiol.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
relates
to
the
medical
cannabidiol
Act
(Code
22
chapter
124E).
23
The
bill
replaces
“untreatable
pain”
with
“severe
and
24
chronic
pain”
on
the
list
of
debilitating
medical
conditions
25
for
which
medical
cannabidiol
may
be
recommended
by
a
health
26
care
practitioner.
27
The
bill
adds
physician
assistants
and
advanced
registered
28
nurse
practitioners
to
the
list
of
health
care
practitioners
29
who
may
certify
a
person
to
receive
a
medical
cannabidiol
30
registration
card.
31
The
bill
removes
the
percentage
cap
on
the
amount
of
32
tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC)
that
medical
cannabidiol,
as
defined
33
in
Code
section
124E.2(6),
is
allowed
to
contain.
The
bill
34
prohibits
a
dispensary
from
dispensing
more
than
20
grams
of
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THC
to
a
patient
or
a
patient’s
caregiver
in
a
90-day
period.
1
The
bill
allows
the
department
of
public
health
to
lower
this
2
limit
by
rule.
The
bill
allows
the
department
to
disclose
3
certain
patient
information
to
authorized
employees
of
medical
4
cannabidiol
dispensaries
to
ensure
that
a
person
has
not
5
purchased
THC
in
excess
of
this
limit.
6
The
bill
removes
the
prohibition
on
certain
felons
who
are
7
patients
applying
for
a
medical
cannabidiol
registration
card.
8
The
bill
allows
a
medical
cannabidiol
dispensary
to
employ
9
a
pharmacist
or
pharmacy
technician
licensed
or
registered
10
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
155A.
11
The
bill
directs
the
department
of
public
health
to
adopt
12
rules
for
the
collection
and
evaluation
of
data
regarding
13
patient
demographics,
effective
treatment
options,
clinical
14
outcomes,
and
quality
of
life
outcomes
for
the
purpose
of
15
reporting
on
the
benefits,
risks,
and
outcomes
encountered
by
16
patients
with
a
debilitating
medical
condition
engaged
in
the
17
use
of
medical
cannabidiol.
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