ASA Illinois Chapter

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The emergency rules for the IL Medical Cannabis Program are on the agenda for the next Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) meeting, September 6th, 2016. The proposed rules include requiring patients to pay 3 years in advance for a medical cannabis program ID card. If you have an opinion about this, please write the JCAR members below.

To read the emergency rules go here: http://www.idph.state.il.us/rulesregs/proposedrules.htm

JCAR members' email addresses:
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Laws, Rules and Proposed Rules The following are summaries of rules recently filed by IDPH; they are at various stages in the rulemaking process. The emergency and proposed rules listed here have been or soon will be published by the Secretary of State in the Illinois Register. Click on the name of the rule to view the full text....

SB10 has been signed into law by Governor Rauner! Thank you to all of the patients, advocates, legislators, and the industry in helping make it happen. A very special think you to Chief Sponsor, State Representative Lou Lang (D-Skokie)!

Some of the exciting elements of SB10 include:
-Extends the program 2020 (instead of expiring Dec. 31, 2017);
-Adds all forms of PTSD and terminal illnesses (terminal illnesses will have an expedited Department of Public Health approval);
-Changes patient registration renewal to every 3 years, with fingerprinting only required for new registrations;
-Allows doctors to simply certify a patient as having a qualifying medical condition; and
-Allows lawful gun ownership by medical cannabis patients.

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/166929873-story

Cook County judge orders Illinois to add PTSD to medical ma*****na list A Cook County judge has ordered Illinois to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of diseases eligible for medical ma*****na treatment in a case filed by a military veteran.