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

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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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

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

Download: Illinois-2015-HB0413-Introduced.html

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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)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

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