Bill Text: AZ HB2346 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered


Bill Title: Medical marijuana; reimbursement; no requirement

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-04-06 - Chapter 210 RFEIR [HB2346 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2015-HB2346-Chaptered.html

 

 

 

House Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

 

CHAPTER 210

 

HOUSE BILL 2346

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 36‑2814, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona medical marijuana act.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Subject to the requirements of article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, section 36-2814, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE36-2814.  Acts not required; acts not prohibited

A.  Nothing in this chapter requires:

1.  A government medical assistance program, or a private health insurer or a workers' compensation carrier or self‑insured employer providing workers' compensation benefits to reimburse a person for costs associated with the medical use of marijuana.

2.  Any person or establishment in lawful possession of property to allow a guest, client, customer or other visitor to use marijuana on or in that property.

3.  An employer to allow the ingestion of marijuana in any workplace or any employee to work while under the influence of marijuana, except that a registered qualifying patient shall not be considered to be under the influence of marijuana solely because of the presence of metabolites or components of marijuana that appear in insufficient concentration to cause impairment.

B.  Nothing in this chapter prohibits an employer from disciplining an employee for ingesting marijuana in the workplace or working while under the influence of marijuana. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Requirements for enactment; three-fourths vote

Pursuant to article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, section 36-2814, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, is effective only on the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each house of the legislature.


 

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 6, 2015.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 7, 2015.

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