Agenda - Council Work Session - 04/11/2023

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HF100 NINTH ENGROSSMENT REVISOR BD 1-10100-9 111.1 (2) agree to only possess the patient's medical cannabis flower and medical cannabinoid 111.2 products for purposes of assisting the patient; and 111.3 (3) agree that if the application is approved, the person will not serve as a registered 111.4 designated caregiver for more than six registered patients at one time. Patients who reside 111.5 in the same residence count as one patient. 111.6 (c) The office shall conduct a criminal background check on the designated caregiver 111.7 prior to registration to ensure that the person does not have a conviction for a disqualifying 111.8 felony offense. Any cost of the background check shall be paid by the person seeking i 11.9 registration as a designated caregiver. A designated caregiver must have the criminal i i i . i o background check renewed every two years. 111.11 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a registered designated caregiver 111.12 from being enrolled in the registry program as a patient and possessing and administering 111.13 medical cannabis flower or medical cannabinoid products as a patient. 111.14 Subd. 10. Parents, legal guardians, spouses. A parent, legal guardian, or spouse of a 111.15 patient may act as the caregiver for a patient. The parent, legal guardian, or spouse who is 111.16 acting as a caregiver must follow all requirements for parents, legal guardians, and spouses 111.17 under this chapter. Nothing in this section limits any legal authority that a parent, legal 111.1 s guardian, or spouse may have for the patient under any other law. 111.19 Subd. 11. Notice of change of name or address. Patients and registered designated 111.20 caregivers must notify the Division of Medical Cannabis of any address or name change 111.21 within 30 days of the change having occurred. A patient or registered designated caregiver 111.22 is subject to a $100 fine for failure to notify the office of the change. 111.23 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024. 111.24 Sec. 53. [342.53] DUTIES OF OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT; 111.25 REGISTRY PROGRAM. 111.26 The office may add an allowable form of medical cannabinoid product, and may add or 111.27 modify a qualifying medical condition upon its own initiative, upon a petition from a member 111.28 of the public or from the Cannabis Advisory Council or as directed by law. The office must 111.29 evaluate all petitions and must make the addition or modification if the office determines 111.30 that the addition or modification is warranted by the best available evidence and research. 111.31 If the office wishes to add an allowable form or add or modify a qualifying medical condition, 111.32 the office must notify the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees 111.33 and divisions with jurisdiction over health finance and policy by January 15 of the year in Article 1 Sec. 53. 111