Bill Text: HI SB1019 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Medical Marijuana; Hospitals
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-21 - Re-Referred to CPH. [SB1019 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB1019-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to medical USE of marijuana.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that physicians may prescribe the medical use of marijuana to a patient who is diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition and the potential benefits of the medical use of marijuana outweigh the health risks. However, when a qualifying patient with a medical marijuana registration certificate is confined overnight in a hospital, there is no designated area in the hospital for the qualifying patient to use the prescribed medical marijuana.
The purpose of this Act is to require hospitals to designate a specific room on site where a qualifying patient with a medical marijuana registration certificate who is admitted for at least one night may use prescribed medical marijuana upon presenting evidence of a current medical marijuana registration certificate.
SECTION 2. Chapter 323, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§323- Designated room in a hospital for medical use of marijuana; requirements. A hospital shall designate a specific room on site where a qualifying patient, as defined in section 329-121, who is admitted for at least one night may access the designated room to use prescribed marijuana for medical use for the duration of the qualifying patient's hospital inpatient stay; provided the qualifying patient presents evidence of a current medical marijuana registration certificate issued and signed pursuant to section 329-123.
For the purposes of this section:
"Hospital" means any institution that admits patients for inpatient care, diagnosis, observation, and treatment and is regulated by the State.
"Marijuana" has the same meaning as in section 329-121.
"Medical use" has the same meaning as in section 329-121."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Medical Marijuana; Hospitals
Description:
Requires hospitals to designate a specific room on site where a qualifying patient who is admitted for at least one night may use prescribed medical marijuana for the duration of the qualifying patient's inpatient stay; provided the qualifying patient presents evidence of a current medical marijuana registration certificate.
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