HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow for medical marijuana use. The House passed an amended version of Se...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow for medical marijuana use.

The House passed an amended version of Senate Bill 3 by a vote of 149-43 Wednesday.

Representatives passed multiple amendments to the bill on Monday and Tuesday.

The Senate originally approved the bill last May by a vote of 40 to 7.

Senate Bill 3 will allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients in pill, oil, and liquid form.

The medical conditions covered by the bill include:

Cancer

HIV/AIDS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Parkinson’s disease

Multiple sclerosis

Damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity

Epilepsy

Inflammatory bowel disease

Neuropathies

Huntington’s disease

Crohn’s disease

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Intractable seizures

Glaucoma

Sickle cell anemia

Severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin or severe chronic or intractable pain in which conventional therapeutic intervention and opiate therapy is contraindicated or ineffective

Autism

“Terminally ill:” A medical prognosis of life expectancy of approximately one year or less if the illness runs its normal course.

The bill will now go back to the Senate for a final vote before it can head to the governor’s desk.