Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS (832708) for CS for SB 406
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/27/2017 .
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The Committee on Appropriations (Bradley) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 585 - 610
4 and insert:
5 1. Before issuing an identification card to a patient, the
6 department must determine that:
7 a. The patient is a permanent resident of the state or, for
8 a patient under the age of 18, the patient’s parent or legal
9 guardian is a permanent resident of the state. The patient, or
10 the parent or legal guardian of the patient, must prove
11 permanent residency by providing the department with a copy of a
12 valid Florida driver license or Florida identification card, a
13 copy of a utility bill in his or her name issued within the
14 prior 90 days which shows an address in this state, or a copy of
15 his or her Florida voter information card.
16 b. If the patient is not a permanent resident of the state:
17 (I) He or she is eligible to receive marijuana in his or
18 her state of permanent residence; and
19 (II) He or she will be remaining in this state for at least
20 3 consecutive months.
21 (A) An adult patient may provide the department with
22 documentation that may include, but is not limited to, a rental
23 agreement for a property in this state for period of at least 3
24 months, an employment contract based in this state which
25 indicates the employment is for a period of at least 3 months,
26 or a receipt for paid tuition at a school in this state for a
27 period of at least 3 months.
28 (B) A parent or legal guardian of a patient who is under
29 the age of 18 must provide documentation as described in sub
30 sub-sub-subparagraph (A) or in department rule and provide
31 additional documentation that the patient is his or her child or
32 ward.
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34 The department shall adopt in rule a list of documents that a
35 patient may provide to qualify for an identification card under
36 this subparagraph.
37 2. Patient and caregiver identification cards must be
38 resistant to counterfeiting and tampering and must include at
39 least the following:
40 a. The name, address, and date of birth of the patient or
41 caregiver, as appropriate;
42 b. A full-face, passport-type, color photograph of the
43 patient or caregiver, as appropriate, taken within the 90 days
44 immediately preceding registration;
45 c. Designation of the cardholder as a patient or caregiver;
46 d. A unique identification number for the patient or
47 caregiver which is matched to the identification number used for
48 such person in the department’s compassionate use registry. A
49 caregiver’s identification number and file in the compassionate
50 use registry must be linked to the file of the patient or
51 patients the caregiver is assisting so that the caregiver’s
52 status may be verified for each patient individually;
53 e. The expiration date, which shall be 1 year after the
54 date of issuance of the identification card or the date
55 treatment ends, as provided in the patient’s physician
56 certification, whichever occurs first; and
57 f. For caregivers who are assisting three or fewer
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59 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
60 And the title is amended as follows:
61 Delete line 53
62 and insert:
63 registrants by a specific date; requiring the
64 department to make certain determinations before
65 issuing an identification card to a patient; providing
66 that a patient or the parent or legal guardian of a
67 patient must provide the department with certain
68 documentation to qualify for an identification card;
69 requiring the department to adopt a rule listing
70 documents that a patient may provide to qualify for an
71 identification card; providing requirements