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Please ask your state representative to amend Senate Bill 109 to change the requirement from a FULL MEDICAL HISTORY AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION… TO… A MEDICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION PERTINENT TO THE CONDITION BEING EVALUATED.
SENATE BILL 109 addresses the relationship between physicians and others involved in the medical marijuana industry, including patients. One part of the bill defines the required bona fide doctor-patient relationship as one in which the physician has done a full medical history and a full medical history and full medical examination prior to evaluating the patient for a medical marijuana card.
Amendment 20 which passed in 2000 lists eight medical conditions which can qualify a patient for a card with the state medical marijuana registry by a physician. If the patient has one of those conditions as stated in Amendment 20 that should be enough for the recommendation. IF… Senate Bill 109 passes the doctor will have to: first, do a full history and examination and exam which will take a minimum of 45 minutes and usually one or two hours. The doctor will have to charge for his/her time for this and thus the price of getting the recommendation will quadruple or quintuple for the patient (annually). THIS IS NOT FAIR, WE NEED TO AMEND THIS.
Senate Bill 109 was passed by the Colorado State Senate week before last in four days on a 34 to 1 vote. It is now in the House of Representatives (and out of committee). It is scheduled to come up next week. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE NOW! WE MUST CHANGE THE BILL … FROM… A FULL MEDICAL HISTORY AND MEDICAL EXAM.. CHANGE TO : …  A MEDICAL HISTORY AND MEDICAL EXAM PERTINENT TO THE CONDITION BEING EVALUATED.

SPREAD THE WORD AND LET YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL, BUT MAKE YOUR CALL BEFORE NEXT WEEK!