An Act To Remove the Limit on the Number of Patients a Primary Caregiver May Provide for under the Medical Marijuana Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0005
Committee Amendment CA_A_H456 (House)
Amends: 22 MRSA §2423-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 8, L.D. 5, Bill, "An Act To Remove 
the Limit on the Number of Patients a Primary Caregiver May Provide for under the 
Medical Marijuana Laws" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Increase the Limit on the Number of Patients a Primary Caregiver May 
Provide for under the Medical Marijuana Laws' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2423-A, sub-§2, ~, as amended by PL 2011, c. 407, Pt. B, 
§ 16, is further amended to read: 
B. Cultivate up to 6 mature marijuana plants for each qualifying patient who has 
designated the primary caregiver to cultivate marijuana on the patient's behalf, 
subject to the limitation in subsection 1, paragraph B on the total number of plants 
authorized per qualifying patient, as long as the total number of mature marijuana 
plants authorized to be cultivated under this paragraph does not exceed 30. 
A 
primary caregiver may not cultivate marijuana for a patient unless the patient has 
designated the primary caregiver for that purpose and the patient has not designated a 
registered dispensary to cultivate marijuana for the patient's medical use. In addition 
to the marijuana plants otherwise authorized under this paragraph, a primary 
caregiver may have harvested marijuana plants in varying stages of processing in 
order to ensure the primary caregiver is able to meet the needs of the primary 
caregiver's qualifying patients; 
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2423-A, sub-§2, fjfC, as amended by PL 2013, c. 516, §6, is 
further amended to read: 
C. Assist a maximum of S 20 patients who have designated the primary caregiver to 
cultivate marijuana for their medical use; 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A 
"to H.P. 8, L.D. 5 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPA..~TMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
Medical Usc of Marijuana Fund Z113 
Initiative: Provides funding for one Office Associate II position to handle additional 
clerical duties expected with a change on the limit of patients a caregiver can serve. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2015-16 
1.000 
$44,869 
$4,709 
$49,578 
2016-17 
1.000 
$61,854 
$6,278 
$68,132 
This amendment replaces the bill and changes the title. It increases the limit on the 
number of qualifying patients a primary caregiver may assist from 5 to 20, but caps a 
primalY caregiver's plant cultivation at 30 mature marijuana plants for that pdmary 
caregiver's qualifying patients. 
The amendment also adds an appropriations and 
allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQllRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/15/15 
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127th JVJfAINE IJEGISLAT1JRE 
LD5 
LR3(02) 
An Act To Remove the Limit on the Number of Patients a Primary Caregiver May Provide for under 
the Medical Marijuana Laws 
Fiscal Note ror Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'k CF! /Jf8-~ 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2015-16 
FY2016-17 
$49,578 
$68,132 
Pro,jections 
FY 2017-18 
$70,218 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
$72,446 
The bill includes Other Special Revenue Funds allocations to the Department of Health and Human Services of 
$49,578 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $68,132 in fiscal year 2016-17 for one Office Associate II position to handle 
additional clerical duties expected with a change on the limit of patients a caregiver can serve. A caregiver pays an 
annual application fee of $260 per patient served. As the number of patients a caregiver can serve increases, the 
revenue received will also increase. The department does not have enough infonnation at this time to determine how 
many additional patients will be served. However, this fiscal note assumes that between the existing revenues and the 
increased revenues from the bill, sufficient revenue will be available to cover the increased allocations. 
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