1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; allowing certain patients with kidney disease or kidney failure 
1.3 	treated with kidney dialysis to enroll in the patient registry for the use of medical 
1.4 	cannabis;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 152.22, subdivision 14.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 152.22, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 14.Qualifying medical condition. "Qualifying medical condition" means a 
1.8 	diagnosis of any of the following conditions:
1.9 	(1) cancer, if the underlying condition or treatment produces one or more of the following:
1.10 	(i) severe or chronic pain;
1.11 	(ii) nausea or severe vomiting; or
1.12 	(iii) cachexia or severe wasting;
1.13 	(2) glaucoma;
1.14 	(3) human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome;
1.15 	(4) Tourette's syndrome;
1.16 	(5) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;
1.17 	(6) seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy;
1.18 	(7) severe and persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple 
1.19 	sclerosis;
1.20 	(8) inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease;
2.1 	(9) terminal illness, with a probable life expectancy of under one year, if the illness or 
2.2 	its treatment produces one or more of the following:
2.3 	(i) severe or chronic pain;
2.4 	(ii) nausea or severe vomiting; or
2.5 	(iii) cachexia or severe wasting; or
2.6 	(10) kidney disease treated through the use of kidney dialysis or kidney failure treated 
2.7 	through the use of kidney dialysis, if the underlying condition or dialysis produces one or 
2.8 	more of the following:
2.9 	(i) severe or chronic pain;
2.10 	(ii) nausea or severe vomiting; or
2.11 	(iii) severe cramps; or
2.12 	(10) (11) any other medical condition or its treatment approved by the commissioner.