Missouri HB 702: Creates provisions relating to the caps on the number of licenses granted to medical marijuana facilities

Bill Text

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 702
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MERIDETH.
1670H.01IDANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 195, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to medical marijuana.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A.  Chapter 195, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2known as section 195.835, to read as follows:
195.835.  1.  For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
2(1)  "Applicant", an applicant for a license;
3(2)  "License", a medical marijuana cultivation facility license, medical marijuana-
4infused products manufacturing facility license, or medical marijuana dispensary facility
5license, as described in Article XIV, Section 1 of the Constitution of Missouri;
6(3)  "Minimum standards", the minimum standards required to receive a license
7that are consistent with the provisions of Article XIV, Section 1 of the Constitution of
8Missouri.
92.  Due to the demand for marijuana for medical use in this state and consistent with
10its obligation to lift or ease any limit on the number of licenses in order to meet such
11demand as described in Article XIV, Section 1, Subsection 3, Subdivision (1) of the
12Constitution of Missouri, the department of health and senior services shall issue a license
13to any applicant who meets minimum standards for the license for which the applicant
14applies.
153.  Notwithstanding subsection 2 of this section, the department of health and senior
16services may deny a license to an applicant who meets minimum standards for the license
17for which the applicant applies in order to comply with the limits on the number of licenses
18issued to entities under substantially common control, ownership, or management
EXPLANATION —Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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19established in Article XIV, Section 1, Subsection 3, Subdivisions (8), (9), and (10) of the
20Constitution of Missouri.
214.  The general assembly hereby abrogates any limits on the number of licenses
22established in regulations including, but not limited to, the limits established in 19 CSR 30-
2395.050(1)(A), 19 CSR 30-95.060(1)(A), 19 CSR 30-95.080(1)(A), and 19 CSR 30-
2495.080(1)(B).
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