HB 301 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Cannabis Control Authority; membership criteria for Board members, allocation of revenues.

Summary
Board of Directors of the Virginia CannabisControl Authority; Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council; membershipcriteria; allocation of revenue. Requires that one member ofthe Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority(the Board) be a person who has recovered from a substance use disorderand is not employed by a government entity. The bill increases from21 to 25 the number of members on the Cannabis Public Health AdvisoryCouncil and requires that four members be persons who have recoveredfrom a substance use disorder and are not employed by a governmententity. The bill requires that 40 percent of the Board's net profitsdistributed to the Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices be allocated to private certified recovery residences thatprovide low-cost evidence-based substance use disorder treatment and recovery services and satisfy certain other requirements set forthin the bill.
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Jan 2022
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Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Feb 15, 2022
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Jan 11, 2022
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Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Jan 11, 2022
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102177D
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Nick Freitas
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