Affected by 63I-2-236 on 7/1/2023
Effective 3/21/2022
36-12-8.2. Medical cannabis governance structure working group.
During the 2022 legislative interim, the Legislative Management Committee shall establish a working group composed of three members of the Health and Human Services Interim Committee and three members of the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee to:
- (1) work with industry, patients, medical providers, and others to conduct a review of the state’s governance structure over medical cannabis;
- (2) study various regulatory structures throughout the nation regarding state agency regulation of medical cannabis; and
- (3) at or before the October 2022 interim meeting, make recommendations to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee and the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee on whether a committee should recommend committee legislation to vertically integrate licenses, streamline regulations, and reduce costs for patients by unifying the efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture and Food under a single state authority over medical cannabis.
Enacted by Chapter 97, 2022 General Session