Bill Text: IL HB0413 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning registration of qualifying patients and designated caregivers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0413 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB0413-Introduced.html


99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0413

Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 130/55

Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning registration of qualifying patients and designated caregivers.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot
5Program Act is amended by changing Section 55 as follows:
6 (410 ILCS 130/55)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
8 Sec. 55. Registration of qualifying patients and
9designated caregivers.
10 (a) The The Department of Public Health shall issue
11registry identification cards to qualifying patients and
12designated caregivers who submit a completed application, and
13at minimum, the following, in accordance with Department of
14Public Health rules:
15 (1) A written certification, on a form developed by the
16 Department of Public Health and issued by a physician,
17 within 90 days immediately preceding the date of an
18 application;
19 (2) upon the execution of applicable privacy waivers,
20 the patient's medical documentation related to his or her
21 debilitating condition and any other information that may
22 be reasonably required by the Department of Public Health
23 to confirm that the physician and patient have a bona fide

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1 physician-patient relationship, that the qualifying
2 patient is in the physician's care for his or her
3 debilitating medical condition, and to substantiate the
4 patient's diagnosis;
5 (3) the application or renewal fee as set by rule;
6 (4) the name, address, date of birth, and social
7 security number of the qualifying patient, except that if
8 the applicant is homeless no address is required;
9 (5) the name, address, and telephone number of the
10 qualifying patient's physician;
11 (6) the name, address, and date of birth of the
12 designated caregiver, if any, chosen by the qualifying
13 patient;
14 (7) the name of the registered medical cannabis
15 dispensing organization the qualifying patient designates;
16 (8) signed statements from the patient and designated
17 caregiver asserting that they will not divert medical
18 cannabis; and
19 (9) completed background checks for the patient and
20 designated caregiver.
21(Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)
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