Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 460
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Evers moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 16
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 381.986, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         381.986 Compassionate use of low-THC cannabis.—
    8         (6) DISPENSING ORGANIZATION.—
    9         (a) An approved dispensing organization shall maintain
   10  compliance with the criteria demonstrated for selection and
   11  approval as a dispensing organization under subsection (5) at
   12  all times. Before dispensing low-THC cannabis to a qualified
   13  patient, the dispensing organization shall verify that the
   14  patient has an active registration in the compassionate use
   15  registry, the order presented matches the order contents as
   16  recorded in the registry, and the order has not already been
   17  filled. Upon dispensing the low-THC cannabis, the dispensing
   18  organization shall record in the registry the date, time,
   19  quantity, and form of low-THC cannabis dispensed.
   20         (b) A dispensing organization shall provide on an annual
   21  basis to the department:
   22         1. The name, address, and date of birth of each of the
   23  dispensing organization’s current employees who will participate
   24  in the operations of the dispensing organization; and
   25         2. Proof that all employees of the dispensing organization
   26  have passed a level 2 background screening pursuant to chapter
   27  435 within the prior year.
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   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete lines 2 - 3
   32  and insert:
   33         An act relating to medical cannabis; amending s.
   34         381.986, F.S.; requiring low-THC cannabis dispensing
   35         organizations to provide certain information regarding
   36         its employees to the Department of Health; amending s.
   37         499.0295, F.S.;