Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF0345

3E Relating to health; providing for the medical use of marijuana in the
treatment of certain debilitating medical conditions; providing for the
classification of data by the commissioner of health; defining certain terms;
providing protections for the medical use of marijuana by certain qualifying
patients and primary caregivers, limiting the amount allowed to be in
possession; providing for dismissal of charges under certain conditions;
prohibiting discrimination against qualifying patients or primary caregivers by
schools, employers or landlords; providing an affirmative defense of medical use
of marijuana for defense purposes; providing for reimbursement to primary
caregivers for certain costs; protecting practitioners recommending the medical
use of marijuana from arrest in certain situations, prosecution or penalties;
protecting the marijuana from seizure; prohibiting the arrest and prosecution of
persons in the presence or vicinity of the medical use of marijuana under
certain conditions; authorizing licensed nursing facilities or boarding homes to
adopt medical marijuana use restrictions; specifying maximum amounts of medical
marijuana to be received by a qualifying patient; requiring and providing for
the commissioner to issue registry identification cards to qualifying patients
and primary suppliers, authorizing issuance to minors under certain conditions;
specifying certain identification card content requirements and requiring rules
for the consideration of applications, for renewals and fees; requiring
qualifying patient or supplier notice to the commissioner of certain changes,
imposing a civil penalty for violation, requiring commissioner issuance of new
cards or voidance of existing cards under certain conditions; providing for the
replacement of lost cards; classifying registration application and supporting
data as private and requiring the commissioner to maintain a list of persons and
specifying conditions for release of data; authorizing certain delivery services
and imposition of charges by registered organizations; requiring annual
commissioner reports to the legislature on the number of applications and
approvals and on the nature of the debilitating medical conditions; imposing
penalties for submission of false records or documentation for organization
certification purposes; requiring criminal history background checks for primary
caregivers before issuance of a registry identification card to a primary
caregiver; providing for construction and interpretation of the provisions;
imposing certain penalties for fraudulent representation to law enforcement
officials; requiring the commissioner to consult with the public safety and
agriculture commissioners and other knowledgeable individuals and organizations
for implementation and overseeing purposes; severability clause; requiring and
providing for registration of organizations supplying the marijuana for medical
use, specifying certain requirements of the organizations; subjecting registered
organizations to reasonable inspection by the commissioner; specifying
organization requirements and prohibitions, requiring organizations to be
nonprofit entities; requiring implementation of security measures, prohibiting
registered organizations from dispensing more than a certain amount of usable
marijuana to a qualified patient or caregiver on behalf of a patient, requiring
criminal background checks and specifying certain duties of the bureau of
criminal apprehension; prescribing felony penalties; appropriating money to the
commissioner to implement the medical marijuana law
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