1. (a) In order to ensure that all medical cannabis sold in the state maintains product quality to protect the health and welfare of state residents, the commission shall establish a statewide seed-to-sale tracking system for use as an integrated cannabis and medical cannabis tracking, inventory, and verification system. The system must allow for interface with third-party inventory and tracking systems as described in Section 20-2A-60 to provide for access by this state, licensees, and law enforcement personnel, to the extent that they need and are authorized to receive or submit the information, to comply with, enforce, or administer this chapter.

2. (b) At a minimum, the system must be capable of storing and providing access to information that, in conjunction with the patient registry and with one or more third-party inventory control and tracking systems under Section 20-2A-60, allows all of the following:

   1. (1) Retention of a record of the date, time, amount, and price of each sale or transfer of medical cannabis to a registered qualified patient or registered caregiver.
   2. (2) Effective seed-to-sale tracking of cannabis and medical cannabis sales and transfers among licensees and with regard to integrated facility licensees, among facilities of the licensee.
   3. (3) Receipt and integration of information from third-party inventory control and tracking systems under Section 20-2A-60.

3. (c) The commission shall seek bids to establish, operate, and maintain the statewide seed-to-sale tracking system under this section. The commission shall do all of the following:

   1. (1) Evaluate bidders based on the cost of the service and the ability to meet all of the requirements of this chapter.
   2. (2) Give strong consideration to the bidder’s ability to prevent fraud, abuse, and other unlawful or prohibited activities associated with the commercial trade in cannabis and medical cannabis in this state, and the ability to provide additional tools for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
   3. (3) Institute procedures to ensure that the person awarded the contract does not disclose or use the information in the system for any use or purpose except for the enforcement, oversight, and implementation of this chapter.
   4. (4) Require the person awarded the contract to deliver the functioning system by 180 days after award of the contract.
4. (d) The commission may terminate a contract with the person awarded the contract for a violation of this chapter.
5. (e) The information in the statewide seed-to-sale tracking system is confidential and is exempt from disclosure under the Open Records Act, Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 36; provided, however, information in the system may be disclosed for purposes of enforcing this chapter.

(Act 2021-450, §1.)