Bill
Number: S.C.R. 1032
Borrelli
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: COMMERCE Committee amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Mike Hans
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
Medical
Marijuana Warning Labels
1. Requires the Department
of Health Services (DHS) to develop warning labels based on the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services Office of the Surgeon General's warnings on
marijuana.
2. Requires DHS to require
the labels to be affixed to the packaging of any medical marijuana dispensed to
a qualified patient or designated caregiver.
Medical
Marijuana Transaction Privilege Tax Classification Revenue
3. Requires the State
Treasurer to credit, from the transaction privilege tax (TPT) distribution
base, the total amount of state TPT revenues received from persons conducting
business under the medical marijuana classification to the state general fund (state
GF).
4. Requires the
Legislature to annually appropriate monies credited to the state GF from
revenues of the medical marijuana classification to the Arizona Health Care
Cost Containment System for non-Medicaid seriously mentally ill services.
Marijuana
Research Study Grants
5. Requires DHS to provide
grants from Medical Marijuana Fund (Fund) monies for marijuana research studies
on the safety and efficacy of using marijuana for medical purposes and the side
effects of marijuana, specifically focused on the:
a) relationship between
marijuana use and schizophrenia; and
b)
correlation
between marijuana use and violent behavior, considering specified factors.
6. Exempts grants provided
for marijuana research studies from statutory requirements relating to the
solicitation and awarding of grants.
7. Requires DHS to post
all research conducted by the marijuana research studies on the DHS website.
8. Prohibits a person who
receives a grant for a marijuana research study and any of the person's
employees working on the research study from being charged with or prosecuted
for possession of marijuana that is cultivated for medical use when the person
is working on the study.
DHS
Special Services Unit
9. Requires DHS to
establish a special services unit to ensure compliance with the Arizona Medical
Marijuana Act.
10. Requires the special services unit to
have at least one peace officer who may assist with criminal investigations and
coordinate with law enforcement agencies.
Page 1,
before line 1, insert:
"Page
4, between lines 26 and 27, insert:
"Sec. 2. Title
36, chapter 28.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section
36-2803.02, to read:
START_STATUTE36-2803.02. Warning
labels; requirements
The
department shall develop warning labels that are based on the united states department
of health and human services office of the surgeon general's warnings on
marijuana. The department shall require the labels to be affixed to the
packaging of any medical marijuana that is dispensed by a registered nonprofit
medical marijuana dispensary to a qualified patient or a designated caregiver."
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conform"
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lines 5 and 6, insert:END_STATUTE
"Sec. 4. Title
36, chapter 28.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-2812,
to read:
START_STATUTE36-2812. Special
services unit
The
department shall establish a special services unit to ensure compliance with
this chapter. The special services unit shall have at least one peace officer
who may assist with criminal investigations and coordinate with law enforcement
agencies.
Sec. 5. Section
36-2817, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE36-2817. Medical
marijuana fund; private donations
A. The
medical marijuana fund is established consisting of fees collected, civil
penalties imposed and private donations received under this chapter. The
department shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously
appropriated.
B. The
director of the department may accept and spend private grants, gifts,
donations, contributions and devises to assist in carrying out the
provisions of this chapter.
C. Monies
in the medical marijuana fund may be used to provide grants relating to
marijuana research studies pursuant to section 36‑2822.
C. D. Monies
in the medical marijuana fund do not revert to the state general fund at the
end of a fiscal year. END_STATUTE
Sec. 6. Title
36, chapter 28.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section
36-2822, to read:
START_STATUTE36-2822. Marijuana
research studies; grants; requirements; exemption
A. The
department shall provide grants from monies in the medical marijuana fund
established by section 36‑2817 for marijuana research studies on the
safety and efficacy of using marijuana for medical purposes and the side
effects of marijuana use, specifically focusing on the following:
1. The
relationship between marijuana use and schizophrenia.
2. The
correlation between marijuana use and violent behavior, considering factors
such as mental illness and the tetrahydrocannabinol concentration in marijuana.
B. Grants
provided pursuant to this section are exempt from the requirements of title 41,
chapter 24.
C. The
department shall post on its public website all research conducted pursuant to
the grants provided under this section.
D. Notwithstanding
title 13, chapter 34, a person who receives a grant for a marijuana research
study pursuant to this section and any of the person's employees working on the
research study may not be charged with or prosecuted for possession of
marijuana that is cultivated for medical use when the person is working on the
research study."
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conform
Page 4,
between lines 28 and 29, insert:
"Sec. 8. Title
42, chapter 5, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 42-5030.02, to read:
START_STATUTE42-5030.02. Distribution
of revenues for seriously mentally ill services
Each
month the state treasurer shall credit, from the amount designated as
distribution base pursuant to section 42‑5029, subsection d, the total
amount of state transaction privilege tax revenues received from persons
conducting business under the medical marijuana classification pursuant to
section 42‑5077 to the state general fund. The legislature shall
annually appropriate the monies credited pursuant to this section to the
Arizona health care cost containment system for nonmedicaid seriously mentally
ill services."
END_STATUTE
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conform
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