Florida senators have approved an amended bill to increase the amount of medical marijuana a registered patient can buy and slash the fee for medical cannabis identification cards for military veterans.
At a hearing before the Senate Health Policy Committee on Wednesday, members advanced the legislation from Sen. Alexis Calatayud (R) in a vote of 10-1 after adopting a substitute version.
Under the proposal as amended, a doctor would be able to recommend up to five 70-day supply limits of cannabis or up to 10 35-day supply limits of smokable marijuana products. Under current law, they can only provide recommendations for a maximum of three 70-day supply limits for non-smokable cannabis and six 35-day supply limits for smokable marijuana.
The bill, SB 1032, would further make it so doctors would need to evaluate patients for medical marijuana qualification every 52 weeks, rather than the current statutory requirement of evaluations every 30 weeks.
A similar version of medical cannabis legislation was introduced in the House by Rep. Bill Partington (R) in late December.
Calatayud’s proposal as amended in committee would additionally reduce the fee for medical cannabis identification cards for honorably discharged veterans to $15—down from the current $75 fee for most
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