Source: http://wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB1037%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=1X&i=1037
Timestamp: 2019-10-23 11:56:33
Document Index: 567519711

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Introduced Version Senate Bill 1037 History
A BILL to amend and reenact §16A-2-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §16A-4-3 of said code; to amend and reenact §16A-6-3 and §16A-6-13 of said code; to amend and reenact §16A-7-4 of said code; to amend and reenact §16A-8-1 of said code; to amend and reenact §16A-9-1 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated §16A-9-3 and §16A-9-4; to amend and reenact §16A-10-6 of said code; to amend and reenact §16A-11-1 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §16A-15-10; and to amend and reenact §16A-16-1 of said code, all relating generally to medical cannabis; defining terms; modifying certain definitions; modifying conditions for issuance of patient certifications; expanding practitioner reporting requirements; defining “resident” for purposes of the act; requiring that state residents own a majority of business entities applying for medical cannabis organization permits; removing regional distribution requirements for growers, processors, and dispensaries; establishing criteria for choosing the locations of dispensary permittees; requiring the Bureau for Public Health to adopt fair and objective evaluation procedures in choosing permittees; requiring numeric scoring of applications; increasing the maximum number of dispensary permits; increasing the number of dispensary permits a person or entity may hold; authorizing persons or entities to hold grower, processor, and dispensary permits; authorizing the bureau to oversee testing of medical cannabis; permitting the Commissioner of Agriculture to perform medical cannabis testing; directing that fees for testing of medical cannabis received by the Commissioner of Agriculture be deposited in the Medical Cannabis Program Fund for disbursement to the Commissioner of Agriculture; authorizing the bureau to contract with persons or entities other than the Commissioner of Agriculture for testing of medical cannabis; removing the requirement that dispensaries have a physician or pharmacist onsite; modifying tax rates and tax procedures related to medical cannabis organizations establishing a 10 percent tax on gross proceeds at the dispensary level; authorizing the electronic filing with the Tax Commissioner; directing tax proceeds to be deposited in the Medical Cannabis Program Fund; clarifying applicability of the West Virginia Tax Procedure and Administration Act and the West Virginia Tax Crimes and Penalties Act apply to medical cannabis operations; extending the authority of the bureau to adopt emergency rules until July 1, 2021; adding two osteopathic physicians appointed by the West Virginia Osteopathic Association to the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board; immunizing state officials and employees from causes of action in their personal capacities for actions taken to implement the act; limiting any type of recovery to proceeds of available insurance; obligating the state to defend and indemnify state officials and employees against one type of action brought against them for implementing the act; authorizing precertification of patients; maintaining restriction that patient certificates may not be issued until July 1, 2019; and incorporating certain tax offenses and penalties by reference.
(e) Should the Commissioner of Agriculture elect to provide testing as required by this section, any fees due the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be deposited in the Medical Cannabis Program Fund established in §16A-9-2 of this code. Notwithstanding any provision of §16A-9-2 of this code to the contrary, the entirety of any fees received pursuant to this section for laboratory testing of medical cannabis provided by the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be remitted to the Commissioner of Agriculture by the bureau on a monthly basis.