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Committee hears testimony on bill to allow medical cannabis use by terminal patients in hospitals, nursing homes and hospices
Summary
House Bill 2,152 would require hospitals, nursing homes and hospice care centers to adopt policies allowing qualifying terminal patients to use medical cannabis under specified safeguards; supporters cited family stories and California’s Ryan’s Law model, while hospitals sought clarifying amendments on scope and staff duties.
Representative Shelly Kloba introduced House Bill 2,152 on Jan. 13, 2025, saying the measure would let qualifying patients with terminal conditions use medically authorized cannabis in hospitals, nursing homes and hospice facilities under institution-adopted policies that prohibit smoking or vaping, require locked storage and assign responsibility for acquisition and administration to patients or their designated caregivers.
The bill’s staff presentation by Chris Blake summarized required policy elements: facilities must address methods of use (no smoking or vaping), storage in locked containers, patient responsibility for procuring and removing cannabis, prohibition on…
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