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HB283 • 2026

USE OF CANNABIS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

USE OF CANNABIS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Pamelya Herndon
Last action
Official status
[4] not prntd-HRC API.
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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USE OF CANNABIS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

USE OF CANNABIS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

What This Bill Does

  • USE OF CANNABIS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 New Mexico Legislature

    Not Printed

  2. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

USE OF CANNABIS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Current Bill Text

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HB0283

HOUSE BILL 283

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Pamelya Herndon

AN ACT

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; PROVIDING FOR THE
RESTRICTED USE OF MEDICAL CANNABIS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
A new section of the Lynn and Erin
Compassionate Use Act is enacted to read:

"[
NEW MATERIAL
] MEDICAL USE OF CANNABIS IN HEALTH CARE
FACILITIES.--

A. A health care facility shall permit a qualified
patient to use medical cannabis within the health care
facility; provided that the:

(1) qualified patient shall be prohibited from
smoking or vaping cannabis within the health care facility; and

(2) health care facility shall reasonably
restrict the manner in which a qualified patient stores and
uses the medical cannabis to allow for the safe operation of
the health care facility. Reasonable restrictions shall
include requiring medical cannabis to be stored in a locked
container.

B. Each health care facility shall develop and
disseminate written guidelines for the use and storage of
medical cannabis within the health care facility.

C. A health care facility may suspend compliance
with this section if the United States department of justice or
the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services:

(1) initiates enforcement action against the
health care facility related to the facility's compliance with
the medical cannabis program; or

(2) issues a rule or otherwise provides
notification to the health care facility that expressly
prohibits the use of medical cannabis in the health care
facility.

D. For the purposes of this section, "health care
facility" means a hospital, an outpatient facility, a
diagnostic and treatment center, a rehabilitation center, a
freestanding hospice or other similar facility at which medical
care is provided. "Health care facility" does not include a
facility that primarily provides rehabilitation and treatment
to persons recovering from a substance use disorder."

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