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7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)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.)