Bill > HB05429

This bill proposes several changes to Connecticut's palliative-use cannabis regulations, focusing on refining definitions, expanding cultivation rights, and providing additional protections for patients and caregivers. Specifically, the bill redefines key terms like "caregiver" to "medical cannabis caregiver" and "qualifying patient", and introduces new terms such as "plant canopy" and "incidental cannabis material". It authorizes qualifying patients and medical cannabis caregivers to cultivate cannabis with certain restrictions related to area, security, privacy, and odor mitigation. The legislation also aims to cap fees for cannabis testing laboratories, enhance anti-discrimination protections for patients and caregivers, modify the Department of Consumer Protection's enforcement capabilities, adjust the duration and terms of patient registration certificates, and update the existing penalty structure. These changes are intended to improve the state's palliative-use cannabis market by providing clearer guidelines, more flexibility for patients and caregivers, and stronger legal protections.

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