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Bill Status of HB5938 95th General Assembly Short Description: ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT House Sponsors Rep. Angelo Saviano Last Action
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
Synopsis As Introduced Creates the Alternative Treatment for Serious Diseases Causing Chronic Pain and Debilitating Conditions Act. Provides that when a person has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition, the person and the person's primary caregiver may be issued a registry identification card by the Department of Public Health that permits the person or the person's primary caregiver to legally possess no more than 12 cannabis plants and 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis. Amends the Cannabis Control Act to make conforming changes. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes provisions allowing the Department of Public Health to issue rules to implement the Act. Provides that neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any rulemaking authority under the Act or the amendatory provisions of the Cannabis Control Act, but that the Governor may suggest rules by filing them with the General Assembly and requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact the suggested rules into law, or take other appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. Actions
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