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An Act To Provide Reasonable Accommodations for School Attendance for Children Certified for the Medical Use of Marijuana
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §6306  is enacted to read:
§ 6306. Eligibility to attend school
A child who holds a written certification for the medical use of marijuana under Title 22, section 2423-B may not be denied eligibility to attend school solely because the child requires medical marijuana in a nonsmokeable form as a reasonable accommodation necessary for the child to attend school.
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2426, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by IB 2009, c. 1, §5, is amended to read:
 
B. PossessExcept as provided in subsection 1-A, possess marijuana or otherwise engage in the medical use of marijuana:
 
(1) In a school bus;
 
(2) On the grounds of any preschool or primary or secondary school; or
 
(3) In any correctional facility;
Sec. 3.  22 MRSA §2426, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:
 
1-A.  School exceptions.     Notwithstanding subsection 1, paragraph B, a primary caregiver designated pursuant to section 2423-A, subsection 1, paragraph E 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 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.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 127th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.