Medical Marijuana Registry rulemaking

Rulemaking hearing

We will be going before the Board of Health May 15, 2024 to propose the following changes:

• Technical changes to correct formatting, punctuation, and capitalization to help improve readability of the rule. 
• Change the application processing fee to $52.

Submit written testimony 

The Board of Health encourages written testimony as the opportunity to provide oral testimony may be limited. If you would like to provide written testimony, please send it as soon as possible. This gives the Board more time to consider and study your feedback. Testimony will be accepted by the Board if it is received by 5:00 p.m. on May. 9, 2024. You may submit testimony by email or mail. 
 

Email testimony 

sent testimony to cdphe.bohrequests@state.co.us  or

Mail testimony to 

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Board of Health, A5-0100 
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South 
Denver, CO 80246 
 

Listen to the meeting

This will be a hybrid meeting. The Zoom link to join the meeting will be available on the Board of Health's website closer to the meeting date.

Physical address
El Paso County Citizen Service Center 
1675 W. Garden of the Gods Rd., Room 1017 (1st floor)
Colorado Springs, CO 80907

For more information about the Board of Health meeting including times, agenda, and how to share oral testimony, visit the Board of Health website. Specific details for the May meeting will be posted closer to the date.

Summary of the rationale for proposed changes

Technical changes

We identified the need for these technical changes during our rule review. The changes improve readability, but do not change the meaning of the rule.

Increasing the application processing fee

MMR needs to update the fee increase for two main reasons:

• Cover the costs of sustaining the Medical Marijuana Registry program.
• Begin building revenue to replace the Medical Marijuana Registry System so that a new system can be implemented in approximately 2030 or 2031.

Our fiscal analysis and research shows that we need to raise the fee to cover the costs of running the Medical Marijuana Registry. When we last raised the fee in 2022 our projections showed it was not enough to sustain the program in the long term.

We also need to get ready to replace our aging online registration system. Replacing the system will take several years, and the first step is to generate enough money to pay for it. In order for a new system to be ready in approximately 2030 or 2031, we need to begin building revenue now.