Florida Senate - 2017 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for HB 7095
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 2/AD/2R . Floor: SENA2/RC
05/04/2017 06:46 PM . 05/05/2017 09:11 PM
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Senator Bradley moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment
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3 Delete lines 108 - 127
4 and insert:
5 necessity that personal identifying information of patients,
6 caregivers, and physicians and any timestamped geotagged data
7 held by the Department of Health in the medical marijuana use
8 registry established under s. 381.986, Florida Statutes, be made
9 confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and
10 s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. The Legislature
11 further finds that it is a public necessity to make confidential
12 and exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a),
13 Article I of the State Constitution all information held in the
14 medical marijuana use registry that pertains to a physician’s
15 certification for marijuana and the dispensing thereof pursuant
16 to s. 381.986, Florida Statutes. The choice made by a physician
17 to certify, and his or her patient to use, marijuana to treat
18 the patient’s medical condition or symptoms and the choice made
19 by a caregiver to assist a qualifying patient with the medical
20 use of marijuana is a personal and private matter between such
21 parties. The availability of such information could make the
22 public aware of the patient’s and caregiver’s location, the
23 patient’s use of marijuana, and the patient’s diseases or other
24 medical conditions for which the patient is using marijuana. The
25 knowledge of the patient’s and caregiver’s location, the
26 patient’s use of marijuana, the