CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 169-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2018

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2742

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2742, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Establish the Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation within the Department of Health to administer medical cannabis dispensary licensure and regulation and the registration of qualifying patients and primary caregivers;

 

     (2)  Extend from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2025, the operation of interim administrative rules adopted by the Department of Health for the medical cannabis dispensary system;

 

     (3)  Extend from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2025, civil service exemptions for positions in the Department of Health related to the medical cannabis dispensary system;

 

     (4)  Transfer all appropriations, records, equipment, files, documents, and other personal property, and employees performing duties related to medical cannabis dispensary licensure and regulation, from the Office of Health Care Assurance to the Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation; and

 

     (5)  Appropriate funds for fiscal year 2018-2019 for staff and operations of the Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation, including the establishment of the following four full-time equivalent positions:  program manager, information technology specialist, administrative assistant, and data analyst.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating $140,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 for staff and operations of the Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation;

 

     (2)  Deleting clarifying language for the four full-time equivalent positions established by the appropriation;

 

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2018; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2742, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2742, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

____________________________

ROSALYN H. BAKER

Chair

 

____________________________

JOHN M. MIZUNO

Co-Chair

____________________________

J. KALANI ENGLISH

Co-Chair

 

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BERTRAND KOBAYASHI

Co-Chair