Bill > HB1972

This bill, concerning medical cannabis, primarily focuses on the process of rescheduling or removing marijuana as a controlled substance in Tennessee. Specifically, it amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-403(d) to add a new provision stating that if marijuana is rescheduled or removed as a controlled substance under federal law, the Tennessee Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services cannot take the same action in Tennessee unless the General Assembly has first created a regulatory framework for marijuana and explicitly authorized the Commissioner to do so. This means that any significant changes to marijuana's legal status in Tennessee, even if mirrored at the federal level, would require legislative action to establish rules and regulations for a medical cannabis program. The bill also amends various other titles of the Tennessee Code, though the provided summary and XML only detail this specific change related to controlled substances.