Date: 04/23/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1283

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 15-1283 to the Committee on ApproPASS



02:25 PM -- HB 15-1283

Senator Holbert presented House Bill 15-1283, concerning marijuana testing. The bill requires the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to develop and maintain a marijuana laboratory testing reference library to be funded from the Marijuana Tax Cash Fund. The reference library must contain methodologies for marijuana testing in the areas of potency, homogeneity, contaminants, and solvents. CDPHE may also include standard sample attainment and preparation procedures for laboratory analysis. Laboratories licensed by the Department of Revenue are required to provide materials for the reference library with the exception of testing protocols. CDPHE will complete a stakeholder process by September 1, 2015; the reference library and methodologies must be available to the public by December 31, 2015.

CDPHE, or a designated contractor, will be responsible for proficiency testing and remediating problems with medical and retail marijuana laboratories. The bill expands potency testing to include creating process validation for edible and other marijuana products in multi-serving packages for a 10 milligram serving in a 100 milligram package. The bill exempts from continued homogeneity testing individual marijuana pieces of 10 milligrams or less that have gone through process validation and permits process validation for 100 milligram servings. CDPHE must determine an acceptable range in variance for potency representations of at least plus or minus 15 percent.


02:33 PM -- Jeannine Machon, representing herself, spoke in support of the bill and about her experience as the owner of a marijuana testing facility.


02:35 PM -- Robert Chase, Colorado Coalition for Patients and Caregivers, spoke in support of the bill and raised concerns about who will have access to marijuana testing facilities.


02:38 PM -- Ron Kammerzell, Colorado Department of Revenue, responded to questions from the committee about the testing of marijuana products, testing protocols, and the type of information that will be available in the reference library.


02:45 PM -- Ms. Machon returned to the table to respond to questions about testing facilities and testing protocols.


02:49 PM

Senator Holbert made closing comments. Committee members commented on the bill.

BILL:HB15-1283
TIME: 02:51:00 PM
MOVED:Crowder
MOTION:Refer House Bill 15-1283 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Aguilar
Yes
Martinez Humenik
Yes
Newell
Yes
Crowder
No
Lundberg
Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS