Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan’s Law.

HB 5658, the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act (Ryan’s Law), allows terminally ill patients (with a life expectancy of one year or less) to use medicinal cannabis in designated health care facilities in West Virginia. It requires facilities to permit use without smoking or vaping, store cannabis securely, document it in medical records, and create facility-specific guidelines - while excluding emergency departments and chemical dependency hospitals. The bill clarifies that facilities cannot ban use solely due to federal Schedule I classification but permits suspension if federal agencies take enforcement actions against such programs. It does not require facilities to recommend cannabis or include it in discharge plans.