Ben Hueso
- Democratic
Author
Existing law generally requires the licensure and regulation of various health care facilities, including, among others, a hospice facility. The Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, prohibits specified criminal penalties from being imposed on a patient or a patient's primary caregiver who possesses or cultivates cannabis for the personal medical purposes of the patient upon the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician. Existing law, known as the Medical Marijuana Program, requires counties to administer an identification card program for qualified patients and provides immunity from arrest to qualified patients with a valid identification card or designated primary caregivers, within prescribed limits. This bill, the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan's Law, would require specified types of health care facilities to allow a terminally ill patient's use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, subject to certain restrictions. The bill would require a patient to provide the health care facility with a copy of their medical marijuana card or written documentation that the use of medicinal cannabis is recommended by a physician. The bill would require a health care facility to reasonably restrict the manner in which a patient stores and uses medicinal cannabis to ensure the safety of other patients, guests, and employees of the health care facility, compliance with other state laws, and the safe operations of the health care facility. The bill would provide that compliance with the bill would not be a condition for obtaining, retaining, or renewing a license as a health care facility. The bill would require that health care facilities permitting patient use of medical cannabis comply with other drug and medication requirements, as specified, and would make those facilities subject to enforcement actions by the State Department of Public Health. The bill would authorize a health care facility to suspend compliance with these provisions if a regulatory agency, the United States Department of Justice, or the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services takes specified actions, including initiating an enforcement action against a health care facility related to the facility's compliance with a state-regulated medical marijuana program.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 384, Statutes of 2021.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 2609.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 3012.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Read third time and amended. (Ayes 67. Noes 1. Page 2592.)
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 8).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 568.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 457.) (March 10).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set for hearing March 10.
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB311 | HTML |
| 02/04/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/01/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/14/21 - Enrolled | |
| 09/28/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/08/21- Senate Health | |
| 03/17/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/04/21- Assembly Health | |
| 06/09/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/02/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/09/21- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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