Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 406
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/04/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Bradley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 203 - 215
    4  and insert:
    5  reasonable in light of the potential benefit to the patient. If
    6  a patient is younger than 18 years of age:,
    7         a. A second physician must concur with this determination,
    8  and such determination must be documented in the patient’s
    9  medical record;
   10         b. Only a parent, legal guardian, caregiver, or health care
   11  provider may assist the qualifying patient in the purchasing and
   12  administering of marijuana for medical use; and
   13         c. The qualifying patient may not purchase marijuana.
   14         6.(e) Registers as the patient’s physician orderer of low
   15  THC cannabis or medical cannabis for the named patient on the
   16  compassionate use registry maintained by the department and
   17  updates the registry to reflect the contents of the order,
   18  including the amount of marijuana low-THC cannabis or medical
   19  cannabis that will provide the patient with not more than a 90
   20  day 45-day supply and a cannabis delivery device needed by the
   21  patient for the medical use of marijuana low-THC cannabis or
   22  medical cannabis. A physician may certify an amount greater than
   23  a 90-day supply of marijuana if the physician has a reasonable
   24  belief that the patient will use the additional marijuana in a
   25  medically appropriate way. If the physician’s recommended amount
   26  of
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 10
   31  and insert:
   32         determinations in physician certifications; specifying
   33         certain persons who may assist a qualifying patient
   34         under the age of 18 in the purchasing and
   35         administering of marijuana; prohibiting qualifying
   36         patients under the age of 18 from purchasing
   37         marijuana; providing that a physician may in certain
   38         circumstances certify an amount greater than a 90-day
   39         supply; requiring