Bill would mandate against medical pot reimbursement in comp

South Dakota lawmakers are considering a bill that states workers compensation insurers would not be required to reimburse for medical marijuana.

S.B. 17, introduced Jan. 11 and slated for a hearing with the Senate Health and Human Services Hearing on Friday, amends the state’s medical marijuana act, which currently precludes a “private insurer” from having to reimburse, to include two additional categories of payers: “workers compensation insurance carrier, or self-insured employer providing workers compensation benefits.”