STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1120

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1082

H.D. 3

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make various amendments to the laws governing the medical use of cannabis, including:

(1) Defining "waiting room" within a medical cannabis retail dispensing location and specifying who may have access to the waiting room;

(2) Clarifying the Department of Health's rulemaking authority;

(3) Establishing system access and integration requirements for the computer software tracking system for medical cannabis dispensaries;

(4) Requiring the Department of Health to annually report to the Legislature on data captured using the computer software tracking system;

(5) Amending the medical cannabis dispensary program licensing fee structure;

(6) Adding or clarifying requirements for the dispensary program related to signage, types of permitted manufactured cannabis products, supervision of certain personnel who are onsite at a retail dispensing location or medical cannabis production center, and the continuing education and training program conducted by the Department of Health;

(7) Clarifying that each day a violation of the Medical Cannabis Dispensary Program law occurs constitutes a separate violation;

(8) Establishing annual reporting requirements for the Department of Health regarding the Medical Cannabis Patient Registry Program;

(9) Requiring the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to submit a report to the Legislature analyzing aggregated de-identified information regarding the Medical Cannabis Patient Registry Program and Medical Cannabis Dispensary Program; and

(10) Making various housekeeping amendments.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Metrc, Cure Oahu, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Health, and Akamai Cannabis Consulting.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the annual fee amounts for dispensary licenses and additional retail dispensing locations to unspecified amounts; and

(2) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 3.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair