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Urging the development of options for ensuring continued visitation of patients and residents in nursing facilities and assisted living centers.

This resolution urges state officials to develop options that would allow patients and residents to continue visiting loved ones in nursing facilities and assisted living centers. It does not change existing law, but rather calls for the state to create plans to protect visitation rights, likely in response to pandemic-related restrictions. This is a non-binding expression of the legislature's policy preference rather than a new requirement.

revise acceptable conduct related to the medical use of cannabis.

This bill updates South Dakota's medical cannabis rules by clarifying what patients can legally possess and grow. It specifies that registered cardholders can have up to three ounces of cannabis (or more in product form as the health department determines), and those approved for cultivation can grow a minimum of three plants or the amount their doctor recommends, plus keep any products made from those plants at their growing location. The bill also defines what qualifies as a valid doctor-patient relationship for medical cannabis use, requiring an in-person exam and ongoing care availability.