Rep. Barbara Wheeler

Filed: 4/13/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 341

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 341, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot
6Program Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
 
7    (410 ILCS 130/25)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
9    Sec. 25. Immunities and presumptions related to the medical
10use of cannabis.
11    (a) A registered qualifying patient is not subject to
12arrest, prosecution, or denial of any right or privilege,
13including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary
14action by an occupational or professional licensing board, for
15the medical use of cannabis in accordance with this Act, if the
16registered qualifying patient possesses an amount of cannabis

 

 

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

 

 

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1    (d)(1) There is a rebuttable presumption that a registered
2qualifying patient is engaged in, or a designated caregiver is
3assisting with, the medical use of cannabis in accordance with
4this Act if the qualifying patient or designated caregiver:
5        (A) is in possession of a valid registry identification
6    card; and
7        (B) is in possession of an amount of cannabis that does
8    not exceed the amount allowed under subsection (a) of
9    Section 10.
10    (2) The presumption may be rebutted by evidence that
11conduct related to cannabis was not for the purpose of treating
12or alleviating the qualifying patient's debilitating medical
13condition or symptoms associated with the debilitating medical
14condition in compliance with this Act.
15    (e) A physician is not subject to arrest, prosecution, or
16penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege,
17including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary
18action by the Medical Disciplinary Board or by any other
19occupational or professional licensing board, solely for
20providing written certifications or for otherwise stating
21that, in the physician's professional opinion, a patient is
22likely to receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from the
23medical use of cannabis to treat or alleviate the patient's
24debilitating medical condition or symptoms associated with the
25debilitating medical condition, provided that nothing shall
26prevent a professional licensing or disciplinary board from

 

 

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1sanctioning a physician for: (1) issuing a written
2certification to a patient who is not under the physician's
3care for a debilitating medical condition; or (2) failing to
4properly evaluate a patient's medical condition or otherwise
5violating the standard of care for evaluating medical
6conditions.
7    (f) No person may be subject to arrest, prosecution, or
8denial of any right or privilege, including but not limited to
9civil penalty or disciplinary action by an occupational or
10professional licensing board, solely for: (1) selling cannabis
11paraphernalia to a cardholder upon presentation of an unexpired
12registry identification card in the recipient's name, if
13employed and registered as a dispensing agent by a registered
14dispensing organization; (2) being in the presence or vicinity
15of the medical use of cannabis as allowed under this Act; or
16(3) assisting a registered qualifying patient with the act of
17administering cannabis.
18    (g) A registered cultivation center is not subject to
19prosecution; search or inspection, except by the Department of
20Agriculture, Department of Public Health, or State or local law
21enforcement under Section 130; seizure; or penalty in any
22manner, or be denied any right or privilege, including but not
23limited to civil penalty or disciplinary action by a business
24licensing board or entity, for acting under this Act and
25Department of Agriculture rules to: acquire, possess,
26cultivate, manufacture, deliver, transfer, transport, supply,

 

 

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1or sell cannabis to registered dispensing organizations.
2    (h) A registered cultivation center agent is not subject to
3prosecution, search, or penalty in any manner, or be denied any
4right or privilege, including but not limited to civil penalty
5or disciplinary action by a business licensing board or entity,
6for working or volunteering for a registered cannabis
7cultivation center under this Act and Department of Agriculture
8rules, including to perform the actions listed under subsection
9(g).
10    (i) A registered dispensing organization is not subject to
11prosecution; search or inspection, except by the Department of
12Financial and Professional Regulation or State or local law
13enforcement pursuant to 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 Financial and Professional Regulation rules to:
18acquire, possess, or dispense cannabis, or related supplies,
19and educational materials to registered qualifying patients or
20registered designated caregivers on behalf of registered
21qualifying patients.
22    (j) A registered dispensing organization agent is not
23subject to prosecution, search, or penalty in any manner, or be
24denied any right or privilege, including but not limited to
25civil penalty or disciplinary action by a business licensing
26board or entity, for working or volunteering for a dispensing

 

 

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1organization under this Act and Department of Financial and
2Professional Regulation rules, including to perform the
3actions listed under subsection (i).
4    (k) Any cannabis, cannabis paraphernalia, illegal
5property, or interest in legal property that is possessed,
6owned, or used in connection with the medical use of cannabis
7as allowed under this Act, or acts incidental to that use, may
8not be seized or forfeited. This Act does not prevent the
9seizure or forfeiture of cannabis exceeding the amounts allowed
10under this Act, nor shall it prevent seizure or forfeiture if
11the basis for the action is unrelated to the cannabis that is
12possessed, manufactured, transferred, or used under this Act.
13    (l) Mere possession of, or application for, a registry
14identification card or registration certificate does not
15constitute probable cause or reasonable suspicion, nor shall it
16be used as the sole basis to support the search of the person,
17property, or home of the person possessing or applying for the
18registry identification card. The possession of, or
19application for, a registry identification card does not
20preclude the existence of probable cause if probable cause
21exists on other grounds.
22    (m) Nothing in this Act shall preclude local or State law
23enforcement agencies from searching a registered cultivation
24center where there is probable cause to believe that the
25criminal laws of this State have been violated and the search
26is conducted in conformity with the Illinois Constitution, the

 

 

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1Constitution of the United States, and all State statutes.
2    (n) Nothing in this Act shall preclude local or state law
3enforcement agencies from searching a registered dispensing
4organization where there is probable cause to believe that the
5criminal laws of this State have been violated and the search
6is conducted in conformity with the Illinois Constitution, the
7Constitution of the United States, and all State statutes.
8    (o) No individual employed by the State of Illinois shall
9be subject to criminal or civil penalties for taking any action
10in accordance with the provisions of this Act, when the actions
11are within the scope of his or her employment. Representation
12and indemnification of State employees shall be provided to
13State employees as set forth in Section 2 of the State Employee
14Indemnification Act.
15    (p) No law enforcement or correctional agency, nor any
16individual employed by a law enforcement or correctional
17agency, shall be subject to criminal or civil liability, except
18for willful and wanton misconduct, as a result of taking any
19action within the scope of the official duties of the agency or
20individual to prohibit or prevent the possession or use of
21cannabis by a cardholder incarcerated at a correctional
22facility, jail, or municipal lockup facility, on parole or
23mandatory supervised release, or otherwise under the lawful
24jurisdiction of the agency or individual.
25(Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".