(5)__Other information considered relevant by the commissioner.

To enable state and local law enforcement officers to have immediate access to information necessary to verify the validity of an identification card issued by the department, the department shall establish and maintain a 24-hour, toll- free telephone number or cost-effective Internet web-based site.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the law authorizing the medical use of marijuana in the following ways.

1. It increases the amounts considered a useable amount for medical use. It also authorizes a physician to indicate a greater amount if necessary to meet the medical needs of the patient or to accommodate the various means of administering marijuana.

2. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue identification cards to an eligible patient or that person's designated caregiver so that a person's lawful possession may be easily and expeditiously verified.

3. This bill also clearly articulates that the fact that a parent was or is a user of marijuana under the medical exemption may not be used against that parent in any matter relating to the care and custody of a child.