Mississippi Senate Concurrent Resolution 586 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on October 2 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-10-02 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

A Concurrent Resolution Suspending The Deadlines For The Purpose Of Requesting The Drafting, Introduction, Consideration And Passage Of A Bill Entitled "an Act To Establish The "mississippi Medical Marijuana Act"; To Define Terms; To Require The State Department Of Health To Promulgate Rules Relating To A Physician's Recommendation Of Medical Marijuana; To Require The Board Of Pharmacy To Promulgate Rules Relating To The Dispensing Of Medical Marijuana; To Require The Board Of Pharmacy To Develop An Annual, Nontransferable Specialty License For A Pharmacy To Dispense Recommended Marijuana; To Authorize Physicians To Recommend Marijuana For Medical Use By Patients Who Are Clinically Diagnosed As Suffering From A Chronic, Debilitating Medical Condition And With Whom The Physician Shares A Bona Fide Doctor-patient Relationship; To Require Pharmacists To Dispense Medical Marijuana In Person; To Amend Section 41-29-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt The Medical Use Of Marijuana From Criminal Penalties Under The Controlled Substances Law; And For Related Purposes."

Suspend rules for drafting, introduction, etc; provide for state program for medical marijuana.

Sen. Kevin Blackwell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-10-02	Senate	Died On Calendar
2020-06-30	Senate	Title Suff Do Be Adopted
2020-06-29	Senate	Referred To Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SC/SC0586.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SC/SC0586IN.htm