Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 2818

BY: Representative Yancey

     AMEND by inserting the following new Section 9 after line 2010 and renumbering the following section:

     "SECTION 9.  In the negotiation and execution of all information technology contracts as necessary under the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act, the executive director of the State Department of Health and the executive director of the Department of Revenue may negotiate a limitation on the liability of prospective contractors to the state, provided that such limitation affords the state reasonable protection."

AMEND FURTHER the title on line 45 by inserting the following after the semicolon: "TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE NEGOTIATE A LIMITATION ON THE LIABILITY OF PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS TO THE STATE IN THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF ALL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTS AS NECESSARY UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT;"