99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0341

 

Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Wheeler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 130/25

    Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Provides that a law enforcement or correctional agency, or any individual employed by a law enforcement or correctional agency, is not subject to criminal or civil liability as a result of taking any action within the scope of the official duties of the agency or individual to prohibit or prevent the possession or use of cannabis by a cardholder incarcerated at a correctional facility.


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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 25 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 130/25)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
8    Sec. 25. Immunities and presumptions related to the medical
9use of cannabis.
10    (a) A registered qualifying patient is not subject to
11arrest, prosecution, or denial of any right or privilege,
12including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary
13action by an occupational or professional licensing board, for
14the medical use of cannabis in accordance with this Act, if the
15registered qualifying patient possesses an amount of cannabis
16that does not exceed an adequate supply as defined in
17subsection (a) of Section 10 of this Act of usable cannabis
18and, where the registered qualifying patient is a licensed
19professional, the use of cannabis does not impair that licensed
20professional when he or she is engaged in the practice of the
21profession for which he or she is licensed.
22    (b) A registered designated caregiver is not subject to
23arrest, prosecution, or denial of any right or privilege,

 

 

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1including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary
2action by an occupational or professional licensing board, for
3acting in accordance with this Act to assist a registered
4qualifying patient to whom he or she is connected through the
5Department's registration process with the medical use of
6cannabis if the designated caregiver possesses an amount of
7cannabis that does not exceed an adequate supply as defined in
8subsection (a) of Section 10 of this Act of usable cannabis.
9The total amount possessed between the qualifying patient and
10caregiver shall not exceed the patient's adequate supply as
11defined in subsection (a) of Section 10 of this Act.
12    (c) A registered qualifying patient or registered
13designated caregiver is not subject to arrest, prosecution, or
14denial of any right or privilege, including but not limited to
15civil penalty or disciplinary action by an occupational or
16professional licensing board for possession of cannabis that is
17incidental to medical use, but is not usable cannabis as
18defined in this Act.
19    (d)(1) There is a rebuttable presumption that a registered
20qualifying patient is engaged in, or a designated caregiver is
21assisting with, the medical use of cannabis in accordance with
22this Act if the qualifying patient or designated caregiver:
23        (A) is in possession of a valid registry identification
24    card; and
25        (B) is in possession of an amount of cannabis that does
26    not exceed the amount allowed under subsection (a) of

 

 

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1    Section 10.
2    (2) The presumption may be rebutted by evidence that
3conduct related to cannabis was not for the purpose of treating
4or alleviating the qualifying patient's debilitating medical
5condition or symptoms associated with the debilitating medical
6condition in compliance with this Act.
7    (e) A physician is not subject to arrest, prosecution, or
8penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege,
9including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary
10action by the Medical Disciplinary Board or by any other
11occupational or professional licensing board, solely for
12providing written certifications or for otherwise stating
13that, in the physician's professional opinion, a patient is
14likely to receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from the
15medical use of cannabis to treat or alleviate the patient's
16debilitating medical condition or symptoms associated with the
17debilitating medical condition, provided that nothing shall
18prevent a professional licensing or disciplinary board from
19sanctioning a physician for: (1) issuing a written
20certification to a patient who is not under the physician's
21care for a debilitating medical condition; or (2) failing to
22properly evaluate a patient's medical condition or otherwise
23violating the standard of care for evaluating medical
24conditions.
25    (f) No person may be subject to arrest, prosecution, or
26denial of any right or privilege, including but not limited to

 

 

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1civil penalty or disciplinary action by an occupational or
2professional licensing board, solely for: (1) selling cannabis
3paraphernalia to a cardholder upon presentation of an unexpired
4registry identification card in the recipient's name, if
5employed and registered as a dispensing agent by a registered
6dispensing organization; (2) being in the presence or vicinity
7of the medical use of cannabis as allowed under this Act; or
8(3) assisting a registered qualifying patient with the act of
9administering cannabis.
10    (g) A registered cultivation center is not subject to
11prosecution; search or inspection, except by the Department of
12Agriculture, Department of Public Health, or State or local law
13enforcement under Section 130; seizure; or penalty in any
14manner, or be denied any right or privilege, including but not
15limited to civil penalty or disciplinary action by a business
16licensing board or entity, for acting under this Act and
17Department of Agriculture rules to: acquire, possess,
18cultivate, manufacture, deliver, transfer, transport, supply,
19or sell cannabis to registered dispensing organizations.
20    (h) A registered cultivation center agent is not subject to
21prosecution, search, or penalty in any manner, or be denied any
22right or privilege, including but not limited to civil penalty
23or disciplinary action by a business licensing board or entity,
24for working or volunteering for a registered cannabis
25cultivation center under this Act and Department of Agriculture
26rules, including to perform the actions listed under subsection

 

 

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1(g).
2    (i) A registered dispensing organization is not subject to
3prosecution; search or inspection, except by the Department of
4Financial and Professional Regulation or State or local law
5enforcement pursuant to Section 130; seizure; or penalty in any
6manner, or be denied any right or privilege, including but not
7limited to civil penalty or disciplinary action by a business
8licensing board or entity, for acting under this Act and
9Department of Financial and Professional Regulation rules to:
10acquire, possess, or dispense cannabis, or related supplies,
11and educational materials to registered qualifying patients or
12registered designated caregivers on behalf of registered
13qualifying patients.
14    (j) A registered dispensing organization agent is not
15subject to prosecution, search, or penalty in any manner, or be
16denied any right or privilege, including but not limited to
17civil penalty or disciplinary action by a business licensing
18board or entity, for working or volunteering for a dispensing
19organization under this Act and Department of Financial and
20Professional Regulation rules, including to perform the
21actions listed under subsection (i).
22    (k) Any cannabis, cannabis paraphernalia, illegal
23property, or interest in legal property that is possessed,
24owned, or used in connection with the medical use of cannabis
25as allowed under this Act, or acts incidental to that use, may
26not be seized or forfeited. This Act does not prevent the

 

 

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1seizure or forfeiture of cannabis exceeding the amounts allowed
2under this Act, nor shall it prevent seizure or forfeiture if
3the basis for the action is unrelated to the cannabis that is
4possessed, manufactured, transferred, or used under this Act.
5    (l) Mere possession of, or application for, a registry
6identification card or registration certificate does not
7constitute probable cause or reasonable suspicion, nor shall it
8be used as the sole basis to support the search of the person,
9property, or home of the person possessing or applying for the
10registry identification card. The possession of, or
11application for, a registry identification card does not
12preclude the existence of probable cause if probable cause
13exists on other grounds.
14    (m) Nothing in this Act shall preclude local or State law
15enforcement agencies from searching a registered cultivation
16center where there is probable cause to believe that the
17criminal laws of this State have been violated and the search
18is conducted in conformity with the Illinois Constitution, the
19Constitution of the United States, and all State statutes.
20    (n) Nothing in this Act shall preclude local or state law
21enforcement agencies from searching a registered dispensing
22organization where there is probable cause to believe that the
23criminal laws of this State have been violated and the search
24is conducted in conformity with the Illinois Constitution, the
25Constitution of the United States, and all State statutes.
26    (o) No individual employed by the State of Illinois shall

 

 

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1be subject to criminal or civil penalties for taking any action
2in accordance with the provisions of this Act, when the actions
3are within the scope of his or her employment. Representation
4and indemnification of State employees shall be provided to
5State employees as set forth in Section 2 of the State Employee
6Indemnification Act.
7    (p) No law enforcement or correctional agency, nor any
8individual employed by a law enforcement or correctional
9agency, shall be subject to criminal or civil liability as a
10result of taking any action within the scope of the official
11duties of the agency or individual to prohibit or prevent the
12possession or use of cannabis by a cardholder incarcerated at a
13correctional facility.
14(Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)