Marc Levine
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 6, 1996, statewide general election, authorizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Existing law enacted by the Legislature requires the establishment of a program for the issuance of identification cards to qualified patients so that they may lawfully use marijuana for medical purposes. Existing law, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, regulates the making and distribution of organ donations. This bill would prohibit a hospital, physician and surgeon, procurement organization, or other person from determining the ultimate recipient of an anatomical gift based solely upon a potential recipient's status as a qualified patient, as specified, or based solely upon a positive test for the use of medical marijuana by a potential recipient who is a qualified patient, except to the extent that the qualified patient's use of medical marijuana has been found by a physician and surgeon, following a case-by-case evaluation of the potential recipient, to be medically significant to the provision of the anatomical gift. The bill would provide that these provisions shall not be deemed to require referrals or recommendations for, or the performance of, medically inappropriate organ transplants.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 51, Statutes of 2015.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 1545.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 1214.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (April 7).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB258 | HTML |
| 02/09/15 - Introduced | |
| 03/25/15 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/24/15 - Enrolled | |
| 07/06/15 - Chaptered |
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