Two more Senate committees in Hawaii have approved a medical marijuana bill that, among other changes, would allow healthcare providers to recommend cannabis to treat any condition they believe it would benefit.
At a joint hearing Tuesday, both the Senate Ways and Means Committee and Judiciary Committee voted to advance HB 302, from Rep. Gregg Takayama (D).
As introduced, the proposal would clarify that under state law, a medical marijuana recommendation would no longer need to be made by a doctor who had conducted "an initial in-person consultation" with a patient.
Last month, however, another pair of Senate committees amended the bill to effectively allow medical marijuana to be recommended for any condition that a doctor or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) believes it would benefit, instead of only those maladies on a specific list, as is the case under current law.
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