STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1073-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2741

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2741, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to tackle the complex issues surrounding the topic of insurance reimbursement for medical cannabis by establishing a working group to specifically address reimbursement for medical cannabis for qualifying patients.

 

     Hawaii Educational Association for Licensed Therapeutic Healthcare and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  The Legislative Reference Bureau provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying that the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to provide research and drafting assistance, but not to provide staff, to assist in the ministerial operations of the Working Group.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2741, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2741, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair