Virginia lawmakers have taken more steps toward enacting legislation that would let certain patients use medical marijuana in hospitals, teeing up the reform to be sent to the governor’s desk imminently.
On Monday, the Senate signed off on the House of Delegates’s changes to SB 332, sponsored by from Sen. Barbara Favola (D), and the presiding officers of both chambers formally signed the bicameral agreement.
It will next head to Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) to be signed, vetoed or sent back with suggested amendments—but first a companion House bill from Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra (D), HB 75, needs to have a procedural error corrected in order to accompany the Senate proposal.
The legislation would build upon existing state law protecting health professionals at hospices, nursing homes and assisted living facilities that aid terminally ill patients in utilizing medical cannabis treatment from punishment by adding hospitals to the statute.
It would also create a new working group under the Department of Health to “discuss the implementation process for providing cannabis products to patients within medical care facilities.”
“The work group shall assess any available federal guidance or proposed regulations on the use of cannabis products or changes to the schedule for cannabis products
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