Signed by Governor Andy Beshear

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes legal medical cannabis across the state.

Highlights:

• Specifies requirement of a patient assessment for prescribed cannabis (Pg. 1).   

• Specifies that a patient must possess a valid registry identification card (Pg. 1).   

• Establishes that the use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis accessories includes the acquisition, administration, possession, transfer, transportation, and consumption by a cardholder (Pg. 6). 

• Requires a physician be authorized in one of the following specialties to prescribe medical cannabis (Pg. 10):

• Addiction medicine;

• Anesthesiology;

• Gastroenterology;

• Infectious disease;

• Neurology;

• Obstetrics and Gynecology, 

• Oncology,;

• Ophthalmology;

• Optometry;

• Pain Management, 

• Pain Medicine;

• Pedarics;

• Physical Medicine; and 

• Rehabilitation, or Psychiatry.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes legal medical cannabis across the state.

Highlights:

• Specifies requirement of a patient assessment for prescribed cannabis (Pg. 1).   

• Specifies that a patient must possess a valid registry identification card (Pg. 1).   

• Establishes that the use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis accessories includes the acquisition, administration, possession, transfer, transportation, and consumption by a cardholder (Pg. 6). 

• Requires a physician be authorized in one of the following specialties to prescribe medical cannabis (Pg. 10):

• Addiction medicine;

• Anesthesiology;

• Gastroenterology;

• Infectious disease;

• Neurology;

• Obstetrics and Gynecology, 

• Oncology,;

• Ophthalmology;

• Optometry;

• Pain Management, 

• Pain Medicine;

• Pedarics;

• Physical Medicine; and 

• Rehabilitation, or Psychiatry.

Full Bill Text