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Bill would prohibit federal comp coverage for cannabis - Business Insurance Skip to content Register for free Search Search Log In Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Bill would prohibit federal comp coverage for cannabis by Work Comp Central Cannabis , Workers Comp Coverage , Workplace Safety Jun 8, 2026 Even if the federal government goes forward with a proposal to formally acknowledge legitimate medical uses for cannabis, the drug would not be available to federal employees who are injured on the job, under a labor appropriations bill passed Friday. The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee voted 11-7 to appropriate $189.3 billion for fiscal year 2027. Among other things, the measure explicitly prohibits the federal government from providing cannabis to injured federal workers. “None of the funds made available by this act may be used by the Department of Labor, including the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, to authorize, provide, reimburse or otherwise recognize marijuana or any cannabis-derived substance as a compensable medical treatment or benefit under any federal workers’ compensation program, including the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, regardless of any change in the scheduling of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act,” the measure says. “Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or permit reimbursement for marijuana under any federal workers compensation program.” In December, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the attorney general to begin the process of making cannabis a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act, which would recognize that it has accepted medical uses and moderate to low potential for dependence. Cannabis is currently Schedule I, indicating no acceptable medical use and a high potential for dependence. U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in March cited the current scheduling in finding that federal law “categorically bars marijuana from being deemed a reasonable and necessary medical expense” under the Longshore Harbor and Workers Compensation Act. 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