1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; adding opiate addiction as a qualifying medical condition for 
1.3 	participation in the medical cannabis registry program; amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2020, section 152.22, subdivision 14.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 152.22, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 14.Qualifying medical condition. "Qualifying medical condition" means a 
1.8 	diagnosis of any of the following conditions:
1.9 	(1) cancer, if the underlying condition or treatment produces one or more of the following:
1.10 	(i) severe or chronic pain;
1.11 	(ii) nausea or severe vomiting; or
1.12 	(iii) cachexia or severe wasting;
1.13 	(2) glaucoma;
1.14 	(3) human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome;
1.15 	(4) Tourette's syndrome;
1.16 	(5) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;
1.17 	(6) seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy;
1.18 	(7) severe and persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple 
1.19 	sclerosis;
1.20 	(8) inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease;
2.1 	(9) terminal illness, with a probable life expectancy of under one year, if the illness or 
2.2 	its treatment produces one or more of the following:
2.3 	(i) severe or chronic pain;
2.4 	(ii) nausea or severe vomiting; or
2.5 	(iii) cachexia or severe wasting; or
2.6 	(10) opiate addiction; or
2.7 	(10) (11) any other medical condition or its treatment approved by the commissioner.