3E Providing for a medical cannabis registry program; defining certain terms; specifying certain limitations for using medical cannabis; permitting the refusal of enrollment in the registry program if the patient is participating in federally approved trials involving the treatment of certain medical conditions with medical cannabis; specifying certain duties of the commissioner of health; authorizing rulemaking; establishing a patient registry program, specifying role of the commissioner of health in relation to the registry program, authorizing the commissioner to develop a patient application for enrollment and register a designated caregiver for a patient under certain circumstances; permitting parents or legal guardians to act as caregivers without having to register; specifying certain enrollment procedures; requiring notification of the commissioner in the case of address and name changes; establishing certain health care practitioner duties prior to patient registry enrollment; specifying certain duties of the manufacturer of medical cannabis; requiring manufacturers to regularly report to the commissioner; specifying certain duties of the patient; establishing data privacy parameters in patient files; specifying certain criminal and civil protections for registry program participation; prohibiting discrimination based on a person's status as a patient enrolled in a medical cannabis registry program; establishing criminal penalties for certain violations; permitting nursing facilities to adopt certain restrictions on the use of medical cannabis by a resident enrolled in the registry program; authorizing the commissioner to collect certain fees; authorizing the formation of a task force to conduct an impact assessment of medical cannabis therapeutic research, requiring a report to the legislature; requiring medical cannabis manufacturers to maintain detailed financial records; requiring a certified annual audit be provided to the medical cannabis manufacturer and the commissioner; requiring the commissioner to adopt rules to establish requirements for reporting adverse incidents; requiring the commissioner to consider the addition of intractable pain as a qualifying medical condition for participation in the medical cannabis registry program prior to the consideration of other medical conditions; appropriating money
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