Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF1967

Relating to health ARTICLE 1 COMPASSIONATE USE ACTEnacting the "Compassionate
Use Act" to protect seriously ill patients from prosecution for using medicinal
marijuana under the supervision of a physician; stating the findings and purpose
of the legislature relating to the use of marijuana in the treatment of certain
debilitating illnesses and the recognition of scientific evidence on the
medicinal benefits of marijuana while maintaining a strong public policy against
illegal drug useARTICLE 2 MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANASpecifying conditions for the
medical use of marijuana by qualifying patients; providing for patient
registration and providing copies of written documentation by the treating
physician with the commissioner of health, providing for issuance of
registration certificates by the commissioner, authorizing a fee and access to
registry information for official law enforcement purposes; restricting use of
marijuana for medicinal purposes; establishing certain legal protections for
patients, primary caregivers and physicians; providing for physician testimony
in legal proceedings; protecting property used in connection with the medical
use of marijuana from forfeiture; affirmative defense of the use of marijuana
for medical purposes to be presumed valid in the presence of certain evidence;
imposing a penalty for fraudulent representation of the medical use of
marijuana; authorizing the commissioner to classify additional medical
conditions as debilitating for medical marijuana use purposes, requiring the
adoption of rules under certain conditions; severability clause (mk)