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AN ACT
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To amend, on a temporary basis, the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative
of 1999 to allow qualifying patients with a written recommendation from an authorized
practitioner within the last 2 years to register with the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation
Administration (ABRA), to allow qualifying patients and caregivers whose registration
cards have expired or will expire between March 1, 2020, to January 31, 2022, to
continue purchasing, possessing and administering cannabis until January 31, 2022, at
which point the qualifying patient or caregiver will need to acquire a new registration
card, to increase the amount of dried cannabis a qualifying patient may possess at any one
time from 4 ounces to 8 ounces, to provide for the issuance of biennial registration cards
to patients and caregivers who register with ABRA by January 31, 2022; and to amend
Title 22-C of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations to allow qualifying patients
to establish residency in the District with one document, including a telephone bill or
bank statement containing a District address.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
act may be cited as the Medical Marijuana Patient Access Temporary Amendment Act of
2021.
Sec. 2. The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999, effective
February 25, 2010 (D.C. Law 13-315; D.C. Official Code 7-1671.01 et seq.), is amended as
follows:
(a) Section 3 (D.C. Official Code 7-1671.02) is amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (c)(1)(A) is amended to read as follows:
(A) Obtained a signed, written recommendation from an authorized
practitioner within the last 2 years in accordance with section 5; and.
(2) A new subsection (c-1) is added to read as follows:
(c-1) When a qualifying patients or caregivers registration identification card has
expired or will expire at any time between March 1, 2020, and January 31, 2022, and the
qualifying patient or caregiver has not submitted an application for a new registration
identification card, the qualifying patient or caregiver may continue to purchase, possess, and
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administer medical marijuana in accordance with this chapter and the rules issued pursuant to
section 14 until January 31, 2022. On or after February 1, 2022, the qualifying patient or
caregiver must possess a valid registration identification card to continue to purchase, possess,
and administer medical marijuana..
(b) Section 4(a) (D.C. Official Code 7-1671.03(a)) is amended by striking the phrase
is 2 ounces of dried medical marijuana; provided, that the Mayor, through rulemaking, may
increase the quantity of dried medical marijuana that may be possessed up to 4 ounces; and and
inserting the phrase is 8 ounces of dried medical marijuana. The Mayor in its place.
(c) Section 6(3) (D.C. Official Code 7-1671.05(3)) is amended to read as follows:
(3) Issue nontransferable registration identification cards that expire annually to
registered persons and entities, which may be presented to and used by law enforcement to
confirm whether a person or entity is authorized to administer, cultivate, dispense, distribute,
test, or possess medical marijuana, or to manufacture, possess, or distribute paraphernalia;
provided, that qualifying patients and caregivers who register after November 5, 2021, and prior
to January 31, 2022, shall be issued nontransferable registration identification cards that expire
biennially;.
(d) Section 8(b) (D.C. Official Code 7-1671.07(b)) is repealed.
Sec. 3. Section 501.2(b) of Title 22-C of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations
(22-C DCMR 501.2(b)), is amended as follows:
(a) The lead-in language is amended by striking the phrase two (2) and inserting the
phrase one (1) in its place.
(b) Subparagraph (9) is amended to read as follows:
(9) Utility bills from a period within the two (2) months immediately preceding
the application date in the name of the applicant on a District of Columbia residential address;.
(c) Subparagraph (10) is redesignated as subparagraph (11).
(d) A new subparagraph (10) is added to read as follows:
(10) A bank statement addressed to the applicant from a period within the two
(2) months immediately preceding the application date in the name of the applicant on a District
of Columbia residential address; or.
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact
statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved
October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code 1-301.47a).
Sec. 5. Effective date.
(a) This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by
the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review
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as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of
Columbia Register.
(b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
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Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
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Mayor
District of Columbia
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