Freedom of Choice with Compassion Centers Patients will be able to use any compassion center. No need to register a compassion center as a caregiver. A patient may use all three of them, one or two of them, or none of them. Compassion Centers will have data base so that maximum of 2.5 ounces in a 15 day period can be enforced. Effective date for this provision will be July 1, 2016. Comment: Currently, if a patient wants to use a compassion center, they must register that compassion center as one of their caregivers. A patient with a personal caregiver could only appoint one compassion center. No patient has had access to all three. Now patients will have mobility and freedom to compare and make informed decisions. This was in the Governor’s original proposal.

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