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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1508 By: Hicks
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to end-of-life care; creating the
7 Compassionate Access to Medical Marijuana Act;
8 proving short title; defining terms; requiring health
8 care facilities to permit medical marijuana use by
9 certain patients; imposing certain duties on health
9 care facilities; providing certain exception;
10 requiring certain compliance with medication
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11 granting certain licensure protection; authorizing
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3093 of Title 63, unless there
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18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19 A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the
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20 "Compassionate Access to Medical Marijuana Act".
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21 B. As used in this section:
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22 1. "Health care facility" means a facility licensed by the
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23 State Department of Health, but shall not include a hospital that is
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1 government, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or the Indian
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2 Health Service;
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3 2. "Medical marijuana" means medical marijuana or medical
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4 marijuana products used in compliance with Section 420 et seq. of
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5 Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
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6 3. "Terminally ill" means a medical condition resulting in a
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7 prognosis of life of one (1) year or less, if the disease follows
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8 its natural course.
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9 C. A health care facility shall permit the use of medical
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10 marijuana by a patient who is terminally ill and who is a licensed
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11 patient as defined in Section 427.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma
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12 Statutes and shall do all of the following:
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13 1. Prohibit smoking or vaping as methods to use medical
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14 marijuana;
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15 2. Include the use of medical marijuana within the patient's
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16 medical records;
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17 3. Require the patient to provide a copy of the patient's valid
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18 medical marijuana patient license issued by the Oklahoma Medical
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19 Marijuana Authority;
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20 4. Reasonably restrict the manner in which a patient stores and
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21 uses medical marijuana, including requiring the medical marijuana to
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22 be stored in a locked container, to ensure the safety of other
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23 patients, guests, and employees of the health care facility,
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1 compliance with other state laws, and the safe operations of the
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2 health care facility; and
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3 5. Develop and disseminate written guidelines for the use of
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4 medical marijuana within the health care facility pursuant to this
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5 section.
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6 D. This section does not apply to a patient receiving emergency
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7 services and care or to the emergency department of a health care
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8 facility while the patient is receiving emergency services and care.
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9 E. Notwithstanding the classification of medical marijuana as a
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10 Schedule I drug and any other law, a health care facility shall
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11 comply with drug and medication requirements applicable to Schedule
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12 II, III, and IV drugs and shall be subject to enforcement actions by
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13 the State Department of Health.
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14 F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
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15 1. Require a health care facility to provide a patient with a
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16 recommendation to use medical marijuana under Section 420 et seq. of
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17 Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes or include medical marijuana in a
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18 patient's discharge plan; or
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19 2. Reduce, expand, or otherwise modify the laws governing the
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20 cultivation, possession, sale, or use of marijuana that may be
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21 otherwise applicable, including, but not limited to, Section 420 et
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1 G. Compliance with this section shall not be a condition for
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2 obtaining, retaining, or renewing a license as a health care
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3 facility.
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4 H. If a federal agency takes one of the following actions, a
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5 health care facility may suspend compliance with this section until
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6 the federal agency notifies the health care facility that it may
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7 resume permitting the use of medical marijuana within the facility:
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8 1. A federal agency initiates an enforcement action against a
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9 health care facility related to the facility's compliance with this
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10 section; and
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11 2. A federal agency issues a rule or otherwise provides
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12 notification to the health care facility that expressly prohibits
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13 the use of medical marijuana in health care facilities or otherwise
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15 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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