Illinois MEDICAL MARIJUANA PILOT PROGRM

Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB2865

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Alternative Treatment for Serious Diseases Causing Chronic Pain and Debilitating Conditions Act. Provides that when a person has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition, the person and the person's primary caregiver may be issued a registry identification card by the Department of Public Health that permits the person or the person's primary caregiver to legally possess no more than 12 cannabis plants and 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis. Amends the Cannabis Control Act to make conforming changes. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Provides that a qualified patient shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution or penalty in any manner for the possession of or the medical use of marijuana if the quantity of marijuana does not exceed an adequate supply (no more than 8 plants and two and one-half ounces of usable marijuana or such other amount as the Department of Public Health establishes by rule). Provides that a qualified patient's primary caregiver shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution or penalty in any manner for the possession of marijuana for medical use by the qualified patient if the quantity of marijuana does not exceed an adequate supply. Provides that by July 1, 2009, the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules defining the quantity of marijuana that could reasonably be presumed to be a 60-day supply for qualifying patients. Provides that this presumption may be overcome with evidence of a qualifying patient's necessary medical use.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2
Adds reference to:
720 ILCS 550/11 rep.
720 ILCS 550/15 rep.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended. Changes the name of the Act to the Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana Pilot Program Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall issue registry identification cards to up to 1,2000 qualifying patients. Provides that the Act is repealed 3 years after its effective date. Provides that the maximum plants that may be possessed are 7 dried plants. Repeals the research provisions of the Cannabis Control Act. Effective immediately.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 3
Makes technical corrections to the bill. Also provides that the production or possession of between 20 and 50 cannabis plants in violation of the Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana Pilot Program Act is a Class 2 felony.






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