{"id":1410,"date":"2012-03-29T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/advocacy\/inside208\/post\/Medical-marijuana-bills-pass-House-committee.aspx"},"modified":"2012-03-29T14:06:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T14:06:00","slug":"medical-marijuana-bills-pass-house-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2012\/03\/29\/medical-marijuana-bills-pass-house-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical marijuana bills pass House committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning the House Judiciary Committee passed a series of bills that seeks to regulate medical marijuana.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/%28S%28n0tf00454xmwrn551wfdq245%29%29\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectname=2011-HB-4834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Bill 4834<\/a> would add additional information to the registry identification cards for patients and caregivers. It would require patient cards to have a photo ID, make the card valid for two years and privatize some of the registry process.<\/p>\n<p>The second bill in the package, <a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/%28S%28n0tf00454xmwrn551wfdq245%29%29\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectname=2011-HB-4851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB 4851<\/a>, would define a bona fide patient-physician relationship. <a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/%28S%28n0tf00454xmwrn551wfdq245%29%29\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectname=2011-HB-4853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB 4583<\/a> precribes penalties for caregivers who provide marijuana to an unqualified individual.<\/p>\n<p>The final bill in the package, <a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/%28S%28n0tf00454xmwrn551wfdq245%29%29\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectname=2011-HB-4856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB 4856<\/a>, would require medical marijuana to be inaccessible when a patient is in a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The bills now go to the full House for consideration.<\/p>\n<p><em>Samantha Harkins works for the&nbsp;Michigan Municipal League handling           municipal services and energy and technology issues.&nbsp; She can   be        reached at 517-908-0306 or email  at <\/em><a href=\"mailto:sharkins@mml.org\"><em>sharkins@mml.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning the House Judiciary Committee passed a series of bills that seeks to regulate medical marijuana. 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