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Pimpernickel

Well-Known Member
There's only one day left for HB4271(Dispensaries) and HB5104(legalizing concentrates) to be brought up for a vote.

I urge you to call Governor Snyder's office at 517 373-3400 and ask him to push for their passage. It literally takes a minute, a human answers, you give them your name and city and ask them to get these bills passed.

After that repeat the process with your state senator:http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html

After that ask your friends to do the same.
 

TheMan13

Well-Known Member
Has anyone seen the actual legislation being voted on in the Senate that we are speaking of/supporting? Is there any fundamental differences from what made it through the House a year ago and prior to disappearing from public view?

Personally I worry carving out and codifying new legal protections for only provisioning centers (dispensaries) and quality assurance facilities (labs) will leave us (patients/caregivers) as not only the low lying fruit (without $$$ council) we are today, but the only fruit beholden to MMMA and it's abuse by the State. I believe these big money businesses are currently providing us our only line of defense as they've stood in contrast the legal interpretations sold to the rest of us as the "rules" of MMMP.
 

Dr.Pecker

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I haven't. I found this
LANSING- Positive legislation favoring Michigan’s 150,000 registered medical marijuana patients and caregivers has been hard to come by- and even harder to advance. The Planet Green Trees Radio Show(PGT) explored the stoppage of debate on two medical marijuana bills in the Michigan Senate- HB 4271, the Provisioning centers Act, and HB 5104, commonly referred to as The Concentrates Bill.

“We are actually having meetings (last week) with Randy Richardville, the Senate leader’s staff, and also (Senator) Rick Jones. He would be an important person; if we can work out some concerns he has and get him on board, that will help it push through the Senate,” said Representative Michael Callton, R-Nashville, on the May 22nd edition of the weekly news and information talk radio program.

In a personal conversation with TCC, Robin Schneider of the National Patients Rights Association revealed that the scheduled meeting did not take place, but there was interest in rescheduling the meeting.

The Provisioning Centers Act would allow communities to welcome medical marijuana distribution centers, known as dispensaries or the proposed term Provisioning Centers, but The Concentrates Bill would allow already-registered marijuana patients to use marijuana through methods not exclusive to smoking. Current case law in Michigan has outlawed the possession or use of oils, topical applications and most foodstuffs, even though they were widely used for four years prior to the disputed court decision.

That doesn’t sit well with Jim and Erin Powers. The couple has a son who is one of the approx. 50 pediatric marijuana patients in Michigan, and they need the legality of those alternate forms of medication restored immediately. Recently the couple wrote a letter to Sen. Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, that contained this quote:

Our family and many others desperately need Senator Richardville and the Government Operations Committee’s support and urgent action on both of these bills. Living in fear of our son’s condition degrading is a reality that we will always have to deal with; we should not have to additionally live in fear of arrest or losing custody of our son. This was our last resort and we are running out of time.

The Senate slowdown is more frustrating because of the wide bipartisan support the two bills had in the Michigan House of Representatives. HB 5104 and HB 4271 passed with strong majorities- more than 3/4 of the House voted YES on both bills. Those results don’t seem to impress Richardville, who is the single person solely in control of the future of the lifesaving legislation; the bills came to his Committee in December and have had only one hearing since then.

The PGT program can boast that it’s on-air staff contains two people that contributed to the creation of the bill back in 2011, when it was first introduced by Callton and was supported by the Michigan Association of Compassion Centers (MACC). Jamie Lowell of 3rd Coast Compassion in Ypsilanti is the show’s Producer and was a Board Member of MACC; Rick Thompson is the News Director for the program, and was the Public Relations Director for MACC. Both men expressed frustration at the lack of speed in advancing the bills during the program.

“In terms of this bill… do you see it as being prioritized?” asked PGT host, attorney Michael Komorn.

“Well yeah,” replied Callton, “and there’s two reasons I would say it’s prioritized. Number one, you’re seeing dispensaries being closed and we need to get some sort of legal protection for dispensaries so they can stay open and not have to worry. The second thing that makes it more urgent is we’re approaching summer recess and there’s not that many session days.”

“If this bill doesn’t get completely through by December we have to start all over again, and I don’t want to do that. I want to win it now. Get this bill in now.”

When asked what Rick Jones might ask for during those negotiations, Callton projected Jones’ complaints as, “What can we do to make sure a dispensary is not a criminal enterprise and that it is serving valid patients,” Callton listed. “One of the biggest concerns I think Rick Jones has is that he feels most people that have a medical marijuana card he feels are recreational users. I think he told me he felt 80% were.”

While admitting that there may be some people that game the system Callton said that number seemed “flipped around” and estimated it to be “less than 20%.” He added, “I don’t think that’s a choice that police make, that’s a choice doctors make. Doctors write those prescriptions…

“I think we have to do with him like we did with the Committee,” Callton opined. “When it went through the Judiciary Committee in the House there were a lot of people that said they were going to vote no, because they had that belief that a lot of people were recreational users. By the time there was testimony from our experts and by the time that families came and brought their children and people testified what this was doing to help their health, too help their child’s health, to halt their seizures, their appetite… Once that testimony was heard and was all over, the Committee voted 11 – 0 to run the bill forward. And there were people that were hard-nosed at first.”

Once anyone watches this they are extremely compelled to be for it (medical marijuana).”

That plan seems dubious, considering we’ve already seem testimony of that nature delivered to both House and Senate Committees and Sen. Jones remains unconvinced. Unfortunately there is no opportunity to air that testimony to Sen. Jones directly because he does not sit on the Senate Government Operations Committee, where the bill is being debated. Since Senator Jones’ input on changes to HB 4271 is being taken this week in a Senate meeting, per Rep. Callton, those working with the legislature in support of the bill as it stands may have to weather the issues raised by the powerful Republican.

“It is assumed in my bill that dispensaries are going to make a profit, and that they are businesses, and it will sit in a business district or in an industrial district.”

“I don’t see where they can second-guess a doctor’s prescription, or a recommendation, for medical marijuana. I don’t see where it would be law enforcement’s place to second-guess what a doctor decides. I am a chiropractor, I see a lot of people in here that are young, that look completely fine, but they have terrible back pain. You can’t see it. It’s under the skin,” Callton explained. “You can’t see that damaged disc, you can’t see that chronic painful back problem by just looking at the person , they look young and healthy so someone that is in law enforcement may look at this person and assume, ‘well, they’re just a recreational user (of marijuana),’ but that isn’t so.”

Tim Beck, leader of the Safer Michigan Coalition, expressed similar sentiment during the same broadcast. “You’ve got to be brutally pragmatic sometimes to get things done… sometimes, yeah you do, you have to cut deals sometimes in order to get change but again you keep pecking away at it, little by little, but eventually the flood gates open and you win.”

Schneider said she agreed with Callton’s sense of optimism. “I am confident, too,” she told Komorn during the same broadcast. “We didn’t come this far to quit now. We’re going to take it all the way home.”

Even without being passed and written into law, Callton feels the bills have made positive progress.

“I think it has cleared some of the brush so that other bills related to it can come through easier. Like these hemp bills, they are coming through today easy because it’s not a taboo subject anymore.” He’s referring toa pair of bills that would establish hemp-based research in Michigan- and remove the commercial farm product from the list of controlled substances where hemp’s big brother, marijuana, languishes. Those bills passed the Michigan House by votes of 109 – 0 and 108 – 1; just like HB 4271 and HB 5104, they have yet to come before a Senate Committee for debate.

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Dr.Pecker

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(C) FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING USABLE MARIHUANA EQUIVALENCY,
22 1 OUNCE OF USABLE MARIHUANA SHALL BE CONSIDERED EQUIVALENT TO THE
23 FOLLOWING:
24 (1) 16 OUNCES OF MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT IF IN A SOLID FORM.
25 (2) 7 GRAMS OF MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT IF IN A GASEOUS FORM.
26 (3) 72 FLUID OUNCES OF MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT IF IN A
27 LIQUID FORM. How do they come up with this?
 

Dr.Pecker

Well-Known Member
A bill to amend 2008 IL 1, entitled
"Michigan medical marihuana act,"
by amending sections 3, 4, 7, and 8 (MCL 333.26423, 333.26424,
333.26427, and 333.26428), sections 3, 4, and 8 as amended by 2012
PA 512, and by adding section 4a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 3. Definitions.
2 Sec. 3. As used in this act:
3 (a) "Bona fide physician-patient relationship" means a
4 treatment or counseling relationship between a physician and
5 patient in which all of the following are present:
6 (1) The physician has reviewed the patient's relevant medical
7 records and completed a full assessment of the patient's medical
history and current medical condition, including a relevant, in-
2 person, medical evaluation of the patient.
3 (2) The physician has created and maintained records of the
4 patient's condition in accord with medically accepted standards.
5 (3) The physician has a reasonable expectation that he or she
6 will provide follow-up care to the patient to monitor the efficacy
7 of the use of medical marihuana as a treatment of the patient's
8 debilitating medical condition.
9 (4) If the patient has given permission, the physician has
10 notified the patient's primary care physician of the patient's
11 debilitating medical condition and certification for the MEDICAL
12 use of medical marihuana to treat that condition.
13 (b) "Debilitating medical condition" means 1 or more of the
14 following:
15 (1) Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human
16 immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome,
17 hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn's disease,
18 agitation of Alzheimer's disease, nail patella, or the treatment of
19 these conditions.
20 (2) A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or
21 its treatment that produces 1 or more of the following: cachexia or
22 wasting syndrome; severe and chronic pain; severe nausea; seizures,
23 including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy; or
24 severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to
25 those characteristic of multiple sclerosis.
26 (3) Any other medical condition or its treatment approved by
27 the department, as provided for in section 6(k).
 

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(c) "Department" means the department of licensing and
2 regulatory affairs.
3 (d) "Enclosed, locked facility" means a closet, room, or other
4 comparable, stationary, and fully enclosed area equipped with
5 secured locks or other functioning security devices that permit
6 access only by a registered primary caregiver or registered
7 qualifying patient. Marihuana plants grown outdoors are considered
8 to be in an enclosed, locked facility if they are not visible to
9 the unaided eye from an adjacent property when viewed by an
10 individual at ground level or from a permanent structure and are
11 grown within a stationary structure that is enclosed on all sides,
12 except for the base, by chain-link fencing, wooden slats, or a
13 similar material that prevents access by the general public and
14 that is anchored, attached, or affixed to the ground; located on
15 land that is owned, leased, or rented by either the registered
16 qualifying patient or a person designated through the departmental
17 registration process as the primary caregiver for the registered
18 qualifying patient or patients for whom the marihuana plants are
19 grown; and equipped with functioning locks or other security
20 devices that restrict access to only the registered qualifying
21 patient or the registered primary caregiver who owns, leases, or
22 rents the property on which the structure is located. Enclosed,
23 locked facility includes a motor vehicle if both of the following
24 conditions are met:
25 (1) The vehicle is being used temporarily to transport living
26 marihuana plants from 1 location to another with the intent to
27 permanently retain those plants at the second location.
House Bill No. 5104 (H-2) as amended December 11, 2013
1 (2) An individual is not inside the vehicle unless he or she
2 is either the registered qualifying patient to whom the living
3 marihuana plants belong or the individual designated through the
4 departmental registration process as the primary caregiver for the
5 registered qualifying patient.
6 (e) "Marihuana" means that term as defined in section 7106 of
7 the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7106.
8 (F) "MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT" MEANS A TOPICAL FORMULATION,
9 TINCTURE, BEVERAGE, EDIBLE SUBSTANCE, OR SIMILAR PRODUCT CONTAINING
10 ANY USABLE MARIHUANA THAT IS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN A
11 MANNER OTHER THAN SMOKE INHALATION. [MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT SHALL NOT
BE CONSIDERED A FOOD FOR PURPOSES OF THE FOOD LAW, 2000 PA 92, MCL
289.1101 TO 289.8111.]
12 (G) (f) "Medical use OF MARIHUANA" means the acquisition,
13 possession, cultivation, manufacture, EXTRACTION, use, internal
14 possession, delivery, transfer, or transportation of marihuana,
15 USABLE MARIHUANA, or paraphernalia relating to the administration
16 of USABLE marihuana to treat or alleviate a registered qualifying
17 patient's debilitating medical condition or symptoms associated
18 with the debilitating medical condition.
19 (H) (g) "Physician" means an individual licensed as a
20 physician under Part 170 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,
21 MCL 333.17001 to 333.17084, or an osteopathic physician under Part
22 175 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.17501 to
23 333.17556.
24 (I) (h) "Primary caregiver" or "caregiver" means a person who
25 is at least 21 years old and who has agreed to assist with a
26 patient's medical use of marihuana and who has not been convicted
27 of any felony within the past 10 years and has never been convicted
 

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of a felony involving illegal drugs or a felony that is an
2 assaultive crime as defined in section 9a of chapter X of the code
3 of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 770.9a.
4 (J) (i) "Qualifying patient" or "patient" means a person who
5 has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical
6 condition.
7 (K) (j) "Registry identification card" means a document issued
8 by the department that identifies a person as a registered
9 qualifying patient or registered primary caregiver.
10 (l) (k) "Usable marihuana" means the dried leaves, and flowers,
11 PLANT RESIN, OR EXTRACT of the marihuana plant, and any mixture or
12 preparation thereof, but does not include the seeds, stalks, and
13 roots of the plant.
14 (M) "USABLE MARIHUANA EQUIVALENT" MEANS THE AMOUNT OF USABLE
15 MARIHUANA IN A MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT THAT IS CALCULATED AS
16 PROVIDED IN SECTION 4(C).
17 (N) (l) "Visiting qualifying patient" means a patient who is
18 not a resident of this state or who has been a resident of this
19 state for less than 30 days.
20 (O) (m) "Written certification" means a document signed by a
21 physician, stating all of the following:
22 (1) The patient's debilitating medical condition.
23 (2) The physician has completed a full assessment of the
24 patient's medical history and current medical condition, including
25 a relevant, in-person, medical evaluation.
26 (3) In the physician's professional opinion, the patient is
27 likely to receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from the
medical use of marihuana to treat or alleviate the patient's
2 debilitating medical condition or symptoms associated with the
3 debilitating medical condition.
4 4. Protections for the Medical Use of Marihuana.
5 Sec. 4. (a) A qualifying patient who has been issued and
6 possesses a registry identification card shall not be subject to
7 arrest, prosecution, or penalty in any manner, or denied any right
8 or privilege, including but not limited to civil penalty or
9 disciplinary action by a business or occupational or professional
10 licensing board or bureau, for the medical use of marihuana in
11 accordance with this act, provided that the qualifying patient
12 possesses an amount of marihuana that does not exceed 2.5 ounces of
13 usable marihuana AND USABLE MARIHUANA EQUIVALENTS, and, if the
14 qualifying patient has not specified that a primary caregiver will
15 be allowed under state law to cultivate marihuana for the
16 qualifying patient, 12 marihuana plants kept in an enclosed, locked
17 facility. Any incidental amount of seeds, stalks, and unusable
18 roots shall also be allowed under state law and shall not be
19 included in this amount. The privilege from arrest under this
20 subsection applies only if the qualifying patient presents both his
21 or her registry identification card and a valid driver license or
22 government-issued identification card that bears a photographic
23 image of the qualifying patient.
24 (b) A primary caregiver who has been issued and possesses a
25 registry identification card shall not be subject to arrest,
26 prosecution, or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or
27 privilege, including but not limited to civil penalty or
 

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disciplinary action by a business or occupational or professional
2 licensing board or bureau, for assisting a qualifying patient to
3 whom he or she is connected through the department's registration
4 process with the medical use of marihuana in accordance with this
5 act. The privilege from arrest under this subsection applies only
6 if the primary caregiver presents both his or her registry
7 identification card and a valid driver license or government-issued
8 identification card that bears a photographic image of the primary
9 caregiver. This subsection applies only if the primary caregiver
10 possesses an amount of USABLE marihuana AND USABLE MARIHUANA
11 EQUIVALENTS that does not exceed:
12 (1) 2.5 ounces of usable marihuana for each qualifying patient
13 to whom he or she is connected through the department's
14 registration process; and
15 (2) for each registered qualifying patient who has specified
16 that the primary caregiver will be allowed under state law to
17 cultivate marihuana for the qualifying patient, 12 marihuana plants
18 kept in an enclosed, locked facility; and
19 (3) any incidental amount of seeds, stalks, and unusable
20 roots.
21 (C) FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING USABLE MARIHUANA EQUIVALENCY,
22 1 OUNCE OF USABLE MARIHUANA SHALL BE CONSIDERED EQUIVALENT TO THE
23 FOLLOWING:
24 (1) 16 OUNCES OF MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT IF IN A SOLID FORM.
25 (2) 7 GRAMS OF MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT IF IN A GASEOUS FORM.
26 (3) 72 FLUID OUNCES OF MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT IF IN A
27 LIQUID FORM.
1 (D) (c) A person shall not be denied custody or visitation of
2 a minor for acting in accordance with this act, unless the person's
3 behavior is such that it creates an unreasonable danger to the
4 minor that can be clearly articulated and substantiated.
5 (E) (d) There shall be a presumption that a qualifying patient
6 or primary caregiver is engaged in the medical use of marihuana in
7 accordance with this act if the qualifying patient or primary
8 caregiver:
9 (1) is in possession of a registry identification card; and
10 (2) is in possession of an amount of marihuana AND USABLE
11 MARIHUANA that does not exceed the amount allowed under this act.
12 The presumption may be rebutted by evidence that conduct related to
13 marihuana AND USABLE MARIHUANA was not for the purpose of
14 alleviating the qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition
15 or symptoms associated with the debilitating medical condition, in
16 accordance with this act.
17 (F) (e) A registered primary caregiver may receive
18 compensation for costs associated with assisting a registered
19 qualifying patient in the medical use of marihuana. Any such
20 compensation shall not constitute the sale of controlled
21 substances.
22 (G) (f) A physician shall not be subject to arrest,
23 prosecution, or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or
24 privilege, including but not limited to civil penalty or
25 disciplinary action by the Michigan board of medicine, the Michigan
26 board of osteopathic medicine and surgery, or any other business or
27 occupational or professional licensing board or bureau, solely for
providing written certifications, in the course of a bona fide
2 physician-patient relationship and after the physician has
3 completed a full assessment of the qualifying patient's medical
4 history, or for otherwise stating that, in the physician's
5 professional opinion, a patient is likely to receive therapeutic or
6 palliative benefit from the medical use of marihuana to treat or
7 alleviate the patient's serious or debilitating medical condition
8 or symptoms associated with the serious or debilitating medical
9 condition, provided that nothing shall prevent a professional
10 licensing board from sanctioning a physician for failing to
11 properly evaluate a patient's medical condition or otherwise
12 violating the standard of care for evaluating medical conditions.
13 (H) (g) A person shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution,
14 or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege,
15 including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary action
16 by a business or occupational or professional licensing board or
17 bureau, for providing a registered qualifying patient or a
18 registered primary caregiver with marihuana paraphernalia for
19 purposes of a qualifying patient's medical use of marihuana.
20 (I) (h) Any marihuana, USABLE MARIHUANA, marihuana
21 paraphernalia, or licit property that is possessed, owned, or used
22 in connection with the medical use of marihuana, as allowed under
23 this act, or acts incidental to such use, shall not be seized or
24 forfeited.
25 (J) (i) A person shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution,
26 or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege,
27 including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary action
by a business or occupational or professional licensing board or
2 bureau, solely for being in the presence or vicinity of the medical
3 use of marihuana in accordance with this act, or for assisting a
4 registered qualifying patient with using or administering marihuana
5 OR USABLE MARIHUANA.
6 (K) (j) A registry identification card, or its equivalent,
7 that is issued under the laws of another state, district,
8 territory, commonwealth, or insular possession of the United States
9 that allows the medical use of marihuana by a visiting qualifying
10 patient, or to allow a person to assist with a visiting qualifying
11 patient's medical use of marihuana, shall have the same force and
12 effect as a registry identification card issued by the department.
13 (l) (k) Any registered qualifying patient or registered primary
14 caregiver who sells marihuana OR USABLE MARIHUANA to someone who is
15 not allowed to use marihuana for medical purposes MEDICAL USE OF
16 MARIHUANA under this act shall have his or her registry
17 identification card revoked and is guilty of a felony punishable by
18 imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than
19 $2,000.00, or both, in addition to any other penalties for the
20 distribution of marihuana.
21 (M) A PERSON IS NOT SUBJECT TO ARREST, PROSECUTION, OR PENALTY
22 IN ANY MANNER, AND SHALL NOT BE DENIED ANY RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE,
23 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CIVIL PENALTY OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION
24 BY A BUSINESS OR OCCUPATIONAL OR PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARD OR
25 BUREAU, FOR MANUFACTURING MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT IF THE PERSON
26 IS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
27 (1) A REGISTERED PATIENT, MANUFACTURING FOR HIS OR HER OWN
 

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House Bill No. 5104 (H-2) as amended December 11, 2013
as amended December 12, 2013
1 PERSONAL USE.
2 (2) A PRIMARY CAREGIVER, MANUFACTURING FOR THE USE OF A
3 PATIENT TO WHOM HE OR SHE IS CONNECTED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S
4 REGISTRATION PROCESS.
5 (3) A MEDICAL MARIHUANA PROVISIONING CENTER.
6 (N) EXCEPT WHEN BEING MANUFACTURED OR CONSUMED, ANY MARIHUANA-
7 INFUSED PRODUCT MUST BE INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED AND CLEARLY LABELED
8 WITH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
9 (1) THE WEIGHT OF THE MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT [IN OUNCES. THERE
SHALL BE A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT THE LISTED WEIGHT OF THE
MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT IS TRUE AND CORRECT].
10 (2) THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO MANUFACTURED THE MARIHUANA-
11 INFUSED PRODUCT.
12 (3) THE DATE ON WHICH THE MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT WAS
13 MANUFACTURED.
14 (4) IF THE PATIENT RECEIVED THE MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT FROM
15 HIS OR HER PRIMARY CAREGIVER OR A MEDICAL MARIHUANA PROVISIONING
16 CENTER, THE DATE ON WHICH THE TRANSACTION OCCURRED.
17 (5) IF THE PATIENT RECEIVED THE MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT FROM
18 HIS OR HER PRIMARY CAREGIVER OR A MEDICAL MARIHUANA PROVISIONING
19 CENTER, THE NAME OF THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER OR MEDICAL MARIHUANA
20 PROVISIONING CENTER.
21 (O) EACH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A [FELONY PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT
22 FOR NOT MORE THAN 2 YEARS, A FINE OF UP TO $2,000.00], OR BOTH:
23 (1) A QUALIFYING PATIENT SHALL NOT TRANSFER A MARIHUANA-
24 INFUSED PRODUCT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL.
25 (2) A REGISTERED CAREGIVER SHALL NOT TRANSFER A MARIHUANA-
26 INFUSED PRODUCT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT A QUALIFYING PATIENT
27 TO WHOM HE OR SHE IS CONNECTED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S 12
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House Bill No. 5104 (H-2) as amended December 12, 2013
1 REGISTRATION PROCESS.
2 (3) A MEDICAL MARIHUANA PROVISIONING CENTER SHALL NOT TRANSFER
3 A MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT A
4 QUALIFYING PATIENT OR REGISTERED CAREGIVER.
[(P) IN A PUBLIC PLACE, THE PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST UNDER SUBSECTION
(A) OR (B) DOES NOT APPLY UNLESS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
(1) THE USABLE MARIHUANA AND MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT ARE PACKAGED
AND EACH PACKAGE IS LABELED WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE USABLE MARIHUANA.
(2) THE TOTAL WEIGHT INDICATED ON THE PACKAGE LABELS IS NOT MORE
THAN THE AMOUNT PERMITTED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OR (B). THE INDICATED
WEIGHT IS PRESUMED TO BE TRUE AND CORRECT. HOWEVER, THIS PRESUMPTION DOES
NOT PROHIBIT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL FROM ARRESTING AN INDIVIDUAL IF
THERE IS AN ARTICULABLE SUSPICION THAT THE INDICATED WEIGHT IS NOT
CORRECT AND THE TOTAL WEIGHT IS GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT PERMITTED UNDER
SUBSECTION (A) OR (B).]
5 SEC. 4A. (1) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY UNLESS THE MEDICAL
6 MARIHUANA PROVISIONING CENTER REGULATION ACT IS ENACTED INTO LAW.
7 (2) [A ] PERSON IS NOT SUBJECT TO
8 ARREST, PROSECUTION, OR CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR A TRANSFER OR USE OF
9 MARIHUANA OR USABLE MARIHUANA EQUIVALENTS IN AN AMOUNT AUTHORIZED
10 BY LAW AND IN CONFORMITY WITH ANY RESTRICTIONS IN THIS ACT OR THE
11 MEDICAL MARIHUANA PROVISIONING CENTER REGULATION ACT. [HOWEVER, A
QUALIFYING PATIENT OR REGISTERED CAREGIVER SHALL NOT TRANSFER MORE THAN
50 OUNCES OF USABLE MARIHUANA TO A MEDICAL MARIHUANA PROVISIONING CENTER
DURING A 60-CALENDAR-DAY PERIOD.]
12 7. Scope of Act.
13 Sec. 7. (a) The medical use of marihuana is allowed under
14 state law to the extent that it is carried out in accordance with
15 the provisions of this act.
16 (b) This act shall not permit any person to do any of the
17 following:
18 (1) Undertake any task under the influence of marihuana, when
19 doing so would constitute negligence or professional malpractice.
20 (2) Possess marihuana OR USABLE MARIHUANA, or otherwise engage
21 in the medical use of marihuana:
22 (A) in a school bus;
23 (B) on the grounds of any preschool or primary or secondary
24 school; or
25 (C) in any correctional facility.
26 (3) Smoke marihuana:
27 (A) on any form of public transportation; or 13
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1 (B) in any public place.
2 (4) Operate, navigate, or be in actual physical control of any
3 motor vehicle, aircraft, or motorboat while under the influence of
4 marihuana.
5 (5) Use marihuana OR USABLE MARIHUANA if that person does not
6 have a serious or debilitating medical condition.
7 (c) Nothing in this act shall be construed to require:
8 (1) A government medical assistance program or commercial or
9 non-profit health insurer to reimburse a person for costs
10 associated with the medical use of marihuana.
11 (2) An employer to accommodate the ingestion of marihuana OR
12 USABLE MARIHUANA in any workplace or any employee working while
13 under the influence of marihuana OR USABLE MARIHUANA.
14 (d) Fraudulent representation to a law enforcement official of
15 any fact or circumstance relating to the medical use of marihuana
16 to avoid arrest or prosecution shall be punishable by a fine of
17 $500.00, which shall be in addition to any other penalties that may
18 apply for making a false statement or for the use of marihuana OR
19 USABLE MARIHUANA other than use undertaken pursuant to this act.
20 (e) All other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this
21 act do not apply to the medical use of marihuana as provided for by
22 this act.
23 8. Affirmative Defense and Dismissal for Medical Marihuana.
24 Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in section 7(b), a patient and
25 a patient's primary caregiver, if any, may assert the medical
26 purpose for using marihuana OR USABLE MARIHUANA as a defense to any
27 prosecution involving marihuana OR USABLE MARIHUANA, and this
 

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defense shall be presumed valid where the evidence shows that:
2 (1) A physician has stated that, in the physician's
3 professional opinion, after having completed a full assessment of
4 the patient's medical history and current medical condition made in
5 the course of a bona fide physician-patient relationship, the
6 patient is likely to receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from
7 the medical use of marihuana to treat or alleviate the patient's
8 serious or debilitating medical condition or symptoms of the
9 patient's serious or debilitating medical condition;
10 (2) The patient and the patient's primary caregiver, if any,
11 were collectively in possession of a quantity of marihuana AND
12 USABLE MARIHUANA that was not more than was reasonably necessary to
13 ensure the uninterrupted availability of marihuana OR USABLE
14 MARIHUANA for the purpose of treating or alleviating the patient's
15 serious or debilitating medical condition or symptoms of the
16 patient's serious or debilitating medical condition; and
17 (3) The patient and the patient's primary caregiver, if any,
18 were engaged in the acquisition, possession, cultivation,
19 manufacture, use, delivery, transfer, or transportation of
20 marihuana, USABLE MARIHUANA, or paraphernalia, relating to the use
21 of marihuana to treat or alleviate the patient's serious or
22 debilitating medical condition or symptoms of the patient's serious
23 or debilitating medical condition.MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA.
24 (b) A person may assert the medical purpose for using
25 marihuana OR USABLE MARIHUANA in a motion to dismiss, and the
26 charges shall be dismissed following an evidentiary hearing where
27 the person shows the elements listed in subsection (a). 15
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1 (c) If a patient or a patient's primary caregiver demonstrates
2 the patient's medical purpose for using marihuana OR USABLE
3 MARIHUANA pursuant to this section, the patient and the patient's
4 primary caregiver shall not be subject to the following for the
5 patient's medical use of marihuana:
6 (1) disciplinary action by a business or occupational or
7 professional licensing board or bureau; or
8 (2) forfeiture of any interest in or right to property.
 
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