Senator CASH proposed the following amendment (150R093.KMM.RJC):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking Section 44-53-2510(B)(3) and inserting:

/ (3)the nature of the debilitating medical conditions of the qualifying patients by percentage, and a breakdown of qualifying patients by the following age groups:

(a)0 to 10 years of age;

(b)11 to 17 years of age;

(c)18 to 23 years of age;

(d)24 to 35 years of age;

(e)36 to 49 years of age;

(f)50 to 65 years of age;

(g)over 65 years of age.

Within each age group, the report must provide a breakdown, by percentage, of debilitating medical conditions of the qualifying patients. /

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by striking Section 44-53-2510(B)(6) and inserting:

/ (6) the number of physicians providing written certifications for qualifying patients and a breakdown of how many physicians wrote certifications in the following numbers:

(a) 1 to 100;

(b) 101 to 249;

(c) 250 to 500;

(d) 501 to 750;

(e) 751 to 1,000; and

(f) over 1000. /

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by adding to the end of Section 44-53-2510(B):

" (8)The percentage of all physicians providing written certifica tions who accounted for eighty percent of the total annual prescriptions written;

(9 )The total revenue of the South Carolina Medical Canna bis Program fund, the total expenses of the department in administering the program, the net revenue, and the amount distributed to each of the recipients in Section 44-53-2020(B); and

(10) A year-by- year chart showing the total number of annual certifications, the total number of registry identification cards issued, and the total number of fourteen-day supply purchases made. /