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Requiring the state medical director to provide a written certification to certain patients applying for a medical cannabidiol registration card
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to written certifications of a debilitating medical condition necessary to participate in the Iowa medical cannabidiol program. The bill requires the Iowa department of public health to adopt rules by January 1, 2021, to establish a process for a patient who has been denied a written certification of a debilitating medical condition by a health care practitioner to receive a written certification from the state medical director. The rules shall require the patient to submit the patient’s medical records to the state medical director and the state medical director to issue a written certification if the state medical director determines that the patient suffers from a debilitating medical condition, may benefit from the use of medical cannabidiol, and has been denied a written certification by a health care practitioner.
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The bill requires that the custodian of a patient’s medical records provide the patient’s medical records to the state medical director or the patient for this purpose free of charge. The bill requires the state medical director to keep confidential medical records provided to the state medical director for this purpose. The bill grants the state medical director immunity from prosecution for the unlawful certification, possession, or administration of marijuana for activities relating to the certification or treatment of a patient diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition. The bill makes conforming changes to the process for applying for a medical cannabidiol registration card.