Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; permitting of pharmaceutical processors to manufacture and provide. (SB1027)

Introduced By

Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke) with support from co-patron Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; permitting of pharmaceutical processors to manufacture and provide. Authorizes a pharmaceutical processor, after obtaining a permit from the Board of Pharmacy (the Board) and under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, to manufacture and provide cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil to be used for the treatment of intractable epilepsy. The bill sets limits on the number of permits that the Board may issue and requires that the Board adopt regulations establishing health, safety, and security requirements for permitted processors. The bill provides that only a licensed practitioner of medicine or osteopathy who is a neurologist or who specializes in the treatment of epilepsy may issue a written certification to a patient for the use of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil. The bill also requires that a practitioner who issues a written certification for cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil, the patient issued such certification, and, if the patient is a minor or incapacitated, the patient's parent or legal guardian register with the Board. The bill requires further that a pharmaceutical processor shall not provide cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil to a patient or a patient's parent or legal guardian without first verifying that the patient, the patient's parent or legal guardian if the patient is a minor or incapacitated, and the practitioner who issued the written certification have registered with the Board. Finally, the bill provides an affirmative defense for agents and employees of pharmaceutical processors in a prosecution for the manufacture, possession, or distribution of marijuana. This bill contains an emergency clause. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/04/2017Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101565D
01/04/2017Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/16/2017Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
01/18/2017Impact statement from VDH (SB1027)
01/19/2017Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
01/20/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/23/2017Read second time and engrossed
01/24/2017Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2017Placed on Calendar
01/30/2017Read first time
01/30/2017Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
02/07/2017Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
02/09/2017Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions
02/09/2017Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/10/2017Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
02/13/2017Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2017Committee substitute printed 17105443D-H1
02/13/2017Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
02/14/2017Read second time
02/14/2017Impact statement from VDH (SB1027H1)
02/15/2017Read third time
02/15/2017Committee substitute agreed to 17105443D-H1
02/15/2017Amendment by Delegate Albo agreed to
02/15/2017Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB1027H1
02/15/2017Passed House with substitute with amendment (99-Y 0-N)
02/15/2017VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017Title replaced 17105443D-H1
02/20/2017Enrolled
02/20/2017Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1027ER)
02/20/2017Impact statement from VDH (SB1027ER)
02/20/2017Signed by Speaker
02/21/2017Signed by President
02/21/2017Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/16/2017G Approved by Governor-Chapter 613 (effective 3/16/17)
03/16/2017G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0613)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 3 clips in all, totaling 8 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

MINOR IN HERE. SO MY QUESTION IS COULD THIS BE A CHILD FROM THE AGE OF TWO THROUGH 18? SENATOR FROM STAFFORD. MR. PRESIDENT, I ASSUME THAT IT IS THE STANDARD DEFINITION OF UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE. THE SENATOR FROM -- THERE WOULD BE NO -- SENATOR FROM ARLINGTON. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. WILL THE SENATOR YIELD FOR ANOTHER QUESTION? I'M HAPPY TO. HE YIELDS, SENATOR. SO THERE'S NO THRESHOLD, THE CHILD COULD BE ANY AGE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. A TODDLER. IS THAT CORRECT? THE SENATOR FROM STAFFORD. MR. PRESIDENT, AGAIN, I READ THIS BILL WITH THE TYPICAL DEFINITION OF A MINOR, WHICH IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OLD. THAT'S THE WAY THE BILL READS. SENATOR FROM ARLINGTON. I THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, WILL THE SENATOR YIELD FOR ONE OTHER QUESTION? WOULD THE SENATOR YIELD FOR ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY.