Introduced by Rep. Phil Cavanagh D-Redford Twp. on June 30, 2011
To revise the conditions under which a physician may prescribe and authorize medical marijuana for a person, limiting this authority to “bona fide physical-patient relationships,” as defined in the bill. This would require the doctor to take a medical history of the patient; perform a relevant physical examination; review prior treatment, treatment responses and diagnostic test results; discuss advantages, disadvantages, alternatives, etc.; provide for monitoring; create and maintain records; and notify the patient's primary care physician, if any. Because the state’s medical marijuana law was adopted in a popular vote, the measure would require a three-fourths vote. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on June 30, 2011
Reported in the House on March 29, 2012
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-7) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered in the House on May 2, 2012
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on May 2, 2012
Amendment offered by Rep. Phil Cavanagh D-Redford Twp. on May 2, 2012
To require medical marijuana grown outside to be securely locked in a fenced area.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on May 2, 2012
Amendment offered by Rep. Phil Cavanagh D-Redford Twp. on May 2, 2012
To define details of the legal presumption in the medical marijuana law that if a patient and primary caregiver assert that the prescribed marijuana is being used for a medical purpose, then it is (and so the person can't be prosecuted for illegal possession).
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on May 2, 2012
To prohibit a doctor from prescribing medical marijuana unless there is a “bona fide physician-patient relationship,” as defined in the bill. This would require the doctor to get the patient's medical history, perform a physical and keep records. The bill also requires medical marijuana grown outside to be securely locked in a fenced area; and when transported to be in the trunk or a case inaccessible to vehicle occupants.
Received in the Senate on May 8, 2012
Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 8, 2012
Reported in the Senate on September 11, 2012
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered in the Senate on December 5, 2012
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on December 5, 2012