2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 2B - Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act
Section 26-2B-6.1 - Assessment reporting.

In consultation with qualified patients and primary caregivers, the department shall produce an assessment report annually, which shall be published to the public and that includes at a minimum an evaluation of:
A. the affordability of and accessibility to medical cannabis pursuant to the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act; and
B. the needs of qualified patients who live in rural areas, federal subsidized housing or New Mexico Indian nations, tribes or pueblos.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 247, § 8; 2021 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 61.
The 2021 (1st S.S.) amendment, effective June 29, 2021, made amendments to conform the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act with the newly enacted Cannabis Regulation Act; in the section heading, deleted "Program regulation and administration; fees; limitations; rulemaking; licensure; issuance" and added "Assessment"; deleted former Subsections A through E; deleted subsection designation "F" and placed the language from former Subsection F as the introductory clause and redesignated former Paragraphs F(1) and F(2) as Subsections A and B, respectively; and deleted former Subsection G.
Temporary provisions. — Laws 2021 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 70 provided:
A. On June 29, 2021, all functions, personnel, money, appropriations, records, furniture, equipment and other property of the department of health's medical cannabis program that are not part of the department's medical cannabis registry powers and duties shall be transferred to the regulation and licensing department.
B. On June 29, 2021, all contractual obligations and other agreements of the department of health as they pertain to the department's medical cannabis program that are not part of the department's medical cannabis registry powers and duties are binding on the regulation and licensing department.
C. Statutory references to the department of health that pertain to the department's medical cannabis program that are not part of the department's medical cannabis registry powers and duties shall be deemed to be references to the cannabis control division of the regulation and licensing department.
D. On June 29, 2021, any unexpended or unencumbered balance in the medical cannabis fund is transferred to the cannabis regulation fund.
E. Except to the extent any administrative rules are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, any administrative rules adopted by an officer, agency or other entity whose responsibilities have been transferred pursuant to the provisions of this act to another officer, agency or other entity remain in force until amended by the officer, agency or other entity to which the responsibility for the adoption of the rules has been transferred. To the extent any administrative rules are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, such rules are null and void.

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