To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide training in the use of medical cannabis for all Department of Veterans Affairs primary care providers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2677
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2019-05-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative treatments

Department of Veterans Affairs

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Health personnel

Medical education

Teaching, teachers, curricula

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide its primary care providers with training in the use of medical cannabis. For purposes of developing the training, the bill instructs the VA to partner with medical schools that have incorporated medical cannabis into their curricula.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2677 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2019 Mr. Moulton (for himself, Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Soto , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , and Mr. Crist ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide training in the use of medical cannabis for all Department of Veterans Affairs primary care providers, and for other purposes.

1. Training in use of medical cannabis for Department of Veterans Affairs primary care providers (a) Training Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide for all primary care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs an initial training in the use of medical cannabis. The Secretary shall provide supplemental training as necessary. (b) Partnerships with medical schools In developing and providing the training to be provided under subsection (a), the Secretary shall enter into partnerships with medical schools that have incorporated education on medical cannabis into their curricula.