S.B. 109 clears Senate and heads to House

**Bill will waive fee for indigent medical marijuana patients**

On Monday, February 1, 2010 Senate Bill 109 passed the Senate by a vote of 34-1.  In addition to clarifying the definition of a doctor patient relationship the bill establishes the process for patients who qualify as indigent to have the annual medical marijuana registry fee waived.  “This is a tremendous victory for many seriously ill patients who are on fixed incomes and have been previously burdened with this expense for the past decade”, said Dan Pope of Sensible Colorado.  Answering the call of these patients was the Sensible Patient and Provider Coalition (SPPC) which strongly pushed for the waiver as it made it’s way through the Senate.  The SPPC, made up of various patient and provider groups, will continue to work with legislators as the issue of medical marijuana works it’s way through the capitol.