HB 819 - Expands Access to Medical Marijuana - Louisiana Key Vote
Timeline
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- May 31, 2020
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 27, 2020
- House Bill Passed
- May 15, 2020
- Introduced
- March 31, 2020
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Title: Expands Access to Medical Marijuana
Title: Expands Access to Medical Marijuana
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to amend and pass a bill that expands access to medical marijuana.
Highlights:
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Authorizes a licensed physician in good standing with the state board of medical examiners to recommend medical marijuana to any patient suffering from a debilitating medical condition with whom they share a bona fide doctor-patient relationship (Sec. 1).
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Defines “debilitating medical condition” as any of the following neurodegenerative diseases and conditions (Sec 1):
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Alzheimer’s disease;
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;
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Huntington’s disease;
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Lewy body dementia;
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Motor neuron disease;
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Parkinson’s disease;
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Spinal muscular atrophy;
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Traumatic brain injury;
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A concussion diagnosed by a physician;
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Chronic pain associated with fibromyalgia;
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Chronic pain associated with sickle cell disease;
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Any condition for which a patient is receiving hospice care or palliative care; and
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All conditions not otherwise specified that a physician, in his medical opinion, considers debilitating to an individual patient and is qualified through his medical education and training to treat.
Title: Expands Access to Medical Marijuana
Title: Expands Access to Medical Marijuana
- Roy Daryl Adams (LA - I)
- Lawrence A. 'Larry' Bagley (LA - R)
- Ken Brass (LA - D)
- Chad Brown (LA - D)
- Marcus Anthony Bryant (LA - D)
- Barbara West Carpenter (LA - D)
- Gary Carter Jr. (LA - D)
- Wilford Dan Carter Sr. (LA - D)
- Mack Cormier (LA - D)
- Kenny Ray Cox (LA - D)
- Royce Duplessis (LA - D)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman (LA - D)
- Kyle M. Green Jr. (LA - D)
- Jason Hughes (LA - D)
- Edward C. 'Ted' James II (LA - D)
- Patrick O'Neal Jefferson (LA - D)
- Samuel L. 'Sam' Jenkins Jr. (LA - D)
- C. Travis Johnson (LA - D)
- Frederick D. Jones (LA - D)
- Jeremy S. LaCombe (LA - D)
- Ed Larvadain III (LA - D)
- Rodney Lyons Sr. (LA - D)
- Joseph A. 'Joe' Marino III (LA - I)
- Larry Selders (LA - D)
- Joe Stagni (LA - R)
- Matthew Willard (LA - D)