An Act To Ensure Reasonable Accommodations for Children for Whom Medical Marijuana Has Been Recommended
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2426, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 369, §3, is amended to read:
1-A. School exceptions. Notwithstanding subsection 1, paragraph B, a primary caregiver designated pursuant to section 2423-A, subsection 1, paragraph E or a medical provider with whom a minor qualifying patient has a bona fide relationship may possess and administer marijuana in a nonsmokeable form in a school bus and on the grounds of the preschool or primary or secondary school in which a the minor qualifying patient is enrolled only if:
A. A medical provider has provided the minor qualifying patient with a current written certification for the medical use of marijuana under this chapter; and
B. Possession of marijuana in a nonsmokeable form is for the purpose of administering marijuana in a nonsmokeable form to the minor qualifying patient.
SUMMARY
Current law allows the primary caregiver of a child for whom medical marijuana has been recommended to possess and administer the marijuana on school grounds. This bill allows a medical provider with whom the child has a bona fide relationship to possess and administer marijuana on school grounds.