Bill > HB107

This bill creates a new medicinal cannabis program in Kentucky, including the following key provisions: - Establishes definitions and regulations for the medicinal cannabis program, including licensing requirements for cultivators, processors, producers, dispensaries, and safety compliance facilities. - Provides legal protections for the use of medicinal cannabis by registered qualified patients, visiting qualified patients, and their designated caregivers, as well as for practitioners, attorneys, pharmacists, and other service providers. - Creates a registry identification card program for patients and caregivers, and requires consultations with pharmacists before making initial purchases. - Establishes a Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control to implement, operate, and regulate the medicinal cannabis program, including creating a Division of Medicinal Cannabis and a Division of Alcohol and Cannabis Enforcement. - Allows local governments to regulate the time, place, and manner of cannabis business operations, or prohibit them entirely, subject to voter approval. - Exempts the sale of medicinal cannabis from state sales tax and the excise tax on controlled substances. - Requires hospitals to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department of Public Health. - Appropriates $1.5 million in fiscal year 2022-2023 for the creation of the new divisions and initial development of the program. The bill aims to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for the medicinal use of cannabis in Kentucky while providing legal protections, oversight, and enforcement measures.

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https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb107.html