Signed by Governor Spencer Cox

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with house amendments and pass a bill that expands the ability of doctors to recommend medical cannabis products to patients suffering from chronic pain.

Highlights:

• Requires hospice programs to “provide at least one qualified medical [cannabis] provider…for the treatment of hospice patients” (Page 8).

• Authorizes use of medical cannabis for “pain that is expected to last for two weeks or longer for an acute condition, including a surgical procedure, for which a medical professional may generally prescribe opioids for a limited duration” (Page 20).

• Prohibits advertising of medical cannabis, with exceptions (Page 30).

• Authorizes medical cannabis cardholder to “receive a medical cannabis shipment from a medical cannabis pharmacy or a medical cannabis courier on behalf of the medical cannabis cardholder within the facility who designated the facility as a caregiver” (Page 41).

• Requires University of Utah School of Medicine to “ensure that any licensed physicians who oversee fellowship training to specialize in pain treatment are qualified medical providers, as that term is defined in Section 26-61a-102” (Page 57).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that expands the ability of doctors to recommend medical cannabis products to patients suffering from chronic pain.

Highlights:

• Requires hospice programs to “provide at least one qualified medical [cannabis] provider…for the treatment of hospice patients” (Page 8).

• Authorizes use of medical cannabis for “pain that is expected to last for two weeks or longer for an acute condition, including a surgical procedure, for which a medical professional may generally prescribe opioids for a limited duration” (Page 20).

• Prohibits advertising of medical cannabis, with exceptions (Page 30).

• Authorizes medical cannabis cardholder to “receive a medical cannabis shipment from a medical cannabis pharmacy or a medical cannabis courier on behalf of the medical cannabis cardholder within the facility who designated the facility as a caregiver” (Page 41).

• Requires University of Utah School of Medicine to “ensure that any licensed physicians who oversee fellowship training to specialize in pain treatment are qualified medical providers, as that term is defined in Section 26-61a-102” (Page 57).

Full Bill Text