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While D.C.’s marijuana decriminalization law sits in a federally mandated Congressional review period before it goes into effect next month, a Department of Health subcommittee on the city’s medical marijuana law is considering recommending a change to some of the policies.

In a notice, The District of Columbia Medical Marijuana Intergovernmental Subcommittee of the Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee says they’ll be holding a public hearing on June 25 to consider two recommendations to the mayor. They’ll consider recommending two changes to D.C.’s medical marijuana laws to the Mayor and the D.C. Council: to increase the quantity of medical cannabis a patient can get from two ounces to four, and to allow patients to grow their own cannabis plants.

Although these two measures would greatly improve D.C.’s medical marijuana laws, which are some of the strictest in the country, the DOH subcommittee doesn’t actually have the power to change the law. This public hearing is “only intended to provide information to the Subcommittee for the purpose of making recommendations to the Mayor and the Council.”

On Tuesday, Councilmembers Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) and Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) will hold a public hearing on an amendment to expand the list of qualifying conditions for D.C. patients to get a medical marijuana prescription.

The hearing is scheduled to be held at the Office of Zoning on June 25 at 5:30 p.m. Anyone who wants to testify should email their contact info to doh.mmp@dc.gov by June 23.