2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 16. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana › Chapter 12. Marijuana Regulation and Taxation › Part 1. General Provisions › 16-12-110. Legislative monitoring

16-12-110. Legislative monitoring.
(1) The economic affairs interim committee shall provide oversight of activities pursuant to this chapter, including but not limited to monitoring of:
(a) the number of licensees;
(b) (i) the total square footage of canopy licensed in the state; and
(ii) the percentage of total canopy in production;
(c) issues related to the cultivation, manufacture, sale, testing, and use of marijuana;
(d) the development, implementation, and use of the seed-to-sale tracking system established in accordance with 16-12-105;
(e) the number of registered cardholders;
(f) the number and type of violations committed by registered cardholders, together with the penalties imposed on registered cardholders by the department; and
(g) laboratory testing procedures performed by the department in accordance with this chapter.
(2) The economic affairs interim committee shall identify issues likely to require future legislative attention and develop legislation to present to the next regular session of the legislature.
(3) (a) The department shall periodically report to the economic affairs interim committee and submit a report to the legislative clearinghouse, as provided in 5-11-210, on persons who are licensed or registered pursuant to 16-12-203 and 16-12-503. The report must include:
(i) the number of cultivators, manufacturers, and dispensaries licensed pursuant to this chapter;
(ii) the number and type of violations committed by licensees;
(iii) the number of licenses revoked;
(iv) the amount of marijuana and marijuana products cultivated and sold pursuant to this chapter;
(v) the number of applications for registry identification cards and the number of registered cardholders approved;
(vi) the nature of the debilitating medical conditions of the registered cardholders;
(vii) the number of registry identification cards revoked; and
(viii) the number of physicians providing written certification for registered cardholders and the number of written certifications each physician has provided.
(b) The report may not provide any identifying information of registered cardholders or physicians.
(4) The report on inspections required under 16-12-210 must include, at a minimum, the following information for both announced and unannounced inspections:
(a) the number of inspections conducted, by canopy licensure tier;
(b) the number of licensees that were inspected more than once during the year;
(c) the number of inspections that were conducted because of complaints made to the department; and
(d) the types of enforcement actions taken as a result of the inspections.
(5) The department shall furnish to the economic affairs interim committee, on request, a list containing the names of all controlling beneficial owners for each licensee.
(6) Pursuant to 37-3-203, the board of medical examiners shall report annually in accordance with 5-11-210 to the economic affairs interim committee on the number and types of complaints the board has received involving physician practices in providing written certification for the use of marijuana.
History: En. Sec. 25, I.M. No. 190, approved Nov. 3, 2020; amd. Sec. 45, Ch. 576, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 712, L. 2023.