KY HB 829
Title: AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and declaring an emergency.
Author: Patrick Flannery
Summary
Amend KRS 218B.010 to revise the definition of "bona fide practitioner-patient relationship"; amend KRS 218B.020 to require the Board of Physicians and Advisors to assist the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in developing a Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Pamphlet; amend KRS 218B.035 to prohibit vaping cannabis products on any form of public transportation, in any public place, or in any place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement; amend KRS 218B.045 to permit private religious schools to refuse to enroll a student who is a cardholder; allow, instead of require, local boards of education and the boards of directors of public charter schools to establish policies related to the use of medicinal cannabis on school property; require such policies, if established, to include a process by which a school nurse or other school administrator may refuse to administer medicinal cannabis to a student who is a cardholder; require the administration of medicinal cannabis on school property to occur out of view of other students; amend KRS 218B.050 prohibit a medicinal cannabis practitioner from providing a written certification for the use of medicinal cannabis to a patient who is taking a prescription drug that contraindicates the use of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 218B.055 to require that an application for a registry identification card to include a written certification issued not more than 60 days prior to the date of the application; amend KRS 218B.065 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to conduct a criminal background check on each application for a registry identification card solely to determine if the applicant was previously convicted of a disqualifying felony offense; amend KRS 218B.070 to require a medicinal cannabis practitioner to notify the Cabinet for Health and Family Services if he or she has knowledge that a patient has died, ceased to suffer from a qualifying medical condition, or is no longer likely to receive safe and effective therapeutic or palliative benefits from the use of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 218B.110 to establish a requirement that dispensaries provide cardholders with a copy of the Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Pamphlet; amend KRS 218B.130 to revise the process for initiating a public question related to medicinal cannabis business operations; amend KRS 218B.140 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a medicinal cannabis adverse drug effects reporting system and to produce the Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Pamphlet; amend 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 146 (2023 SB 47), sec. 42, to establish a new effective date of August 1, 2024, for KRS 139.480, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, 218B.015, 218B.030, 218B.090, 218B.095, 218B.100, 218B.105, 218B.110, 218B.115, 218B.120, 218B.125, and 218B.155; EFFECTIVE, in part, August 1, 2024.
Status
signed by Governor
Bill Documents
KY HB 829 - Introduced
2024-02-26 - KY HB 829 (Introduced)
KY HB 829 - House Committee Substitute 1
2024-02-26 - KY HB 829 (House Committee Substitute 1)
KY HB 829 - Introduced
2024-02-26 - KY HB 829 (Introduced)
KY HB 829 - Current
2024-02-26 - KY HB 829 (Current)
KY HB 829 - House Committee Substitute 1
2024-02-26 - KY HB 829 (House Committee Substitute 1)
KY HB 829 - House Floor Amendment 1
2024-02-26 - KY HB 829 (House Floor Amendment 1)
KY HB 829 - Current/Final
2024-02-26 - KY HB 829 (Current/Final)
KY HB 829 - Senate Committee Substitute 1
2024-02-26 - KY HB 829 (Senate Committee Substitute 1)
KY HB 829 - Senate Committee Amendment 1
2024-02-26 - KY HB 829 (Senate Committee Amendment 1)