VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2023
Where it stands
- Introduced2/9/23
- Passed Senate
- House
- President
- Law
Introduced in the Senate on February 9, 2023.
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VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to study the effects of cannabis on veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system and have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or chronic pain (i.e., eligible veterans).
First, the bill requires the VA to conduct an observational, 18-month study on the effects of cannabis on the health outcomes of eligible veterans. The VA must report on the study and address whether it is able to meet criteria necessary to conduct clinical trials.
Then, if the VA determines that it is able to proceed, it must carry out a series of clinical trials on the effects of cannabis appropriate for investigational use, as determined by the Food and Drug Administration, on the outcomes of eligible veterans. The VA must carry out a long-term observational study of the clinical trial participants.
The VA may terminate the trials if it is unable to meet clinical guideline requirements or the trials would create excessive risk to participants.
The VA must ensure that the study and trials are representative of the demographics of veterans in the United States, as determined by the most recent data from the American Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census.
The study and trials must include mechanisms to ensure data preservation and registration as necessary (in an anonymous form).
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2/9/23
What happens next
The Senate must pass it, then the House must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.
If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.
All actions (9)
- 2/9/23Introduced in Senate
- 2/9/23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2/16/23Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 3/23/23Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester without amendment. Without written report.
- 3/23/23Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 32.
- 4/20/23Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
- 4/20/23Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S1286)
- 4/26/23Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 42. Record Vote Number: 97.
- 4/26/23Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 326 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 97) entered in Senate.