Legislation Might Remove Hurdle to Medical Marijuana Reimbursement

A New Jersey lawmaker has introduced a bill that would clarify that state law doesn’t prohibit workers’ comp payers from reimbursing an injured worker for the use of medical marijuana. The legislation, Assembly Bill 4097, was introduced just weeks before a New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation judge on June 28 ordered Freehold Township to reimburse an injured worker, Steven McNeary, for the use of medical marijuana to treat an injury. The case is at least the second time that a New Jersey workers’ comp judge has ordered reimbursement for medical marijuana. That...