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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to medical marijuana use registry 2
identification cards; amending s. 381.986, F.S.; 3
requiring medical marijuana use registry 4
identification cards to be renewed biennially; 5
prohibiting the Department of Health from charging a 6
fee for the issuance, replacement, or renewal of an 7
identification card for an honorably discharged 8
veteran; providing requirements for proof of 9
identification; providing an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 14
381.986, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (f) is 15
added to that subsection, to read: 16
381.986 Medical use of marijuana. — 17
(7) IDENTIFICATION CARDS. — 18
(a) The department shall issue medical marijuana use 19
registry identification cards for qualified patients and 20
caregivers who are residents of this state, which must be 21
renewed biennially annually. The identification cards must be 22
resistant to counterfeiting and tampering and must include, at a 23
minimum, the following: 24
1. The name, address, and date of birth of the qualified 25
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patient or caregiver. 26
2. A full-face, passport-type, color photograph of the 27
qualified patient or caregiver taken within the 90 days 28
immediately preceding registration or the Florida dr iver license 29
or Florida identification card photograph of the qualified 30
patient or caregiver obtained directly from the Department of 31
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. 32
3. Identification as a qualified patient or a caregiver. 33
4. The unique numeric iden tifier used for the qualified 34
patient in the medical marijuana use registry. 35
5. For a caregiver, the name and unique numeric identifier 36
of the caregiver and the qualified patient or patients that the 37
caregiver is assisting. 38
6. The expiration date of th e identification card. 39
(f) The department may not charge a fee for the issuance, 40
replacement, or renewal of an identification card for a 41
qualified patient who is a veteran, as defined in s. 1.01(14), 42
if the veteran's DD-214 form is included with the appl ication 43
for the identification card. 44
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 45