Registered designated caregivers provisions modifications and increasing patient and cannabis plant limits expansion provision

This bill modifies Minnesota's medical cannabis program to allow registered designated caregivers to cultivate plants for up to eight patients instead of the previous limit of one. Under the new rules, a caregiver may grow up to 12 plants per patient, with no more than six allowed to be mature or flowering at any time, provided the plants are kept in a locked, enclosed space that is not visible from public areas. The legislation also updates the registration requirements, permitting caregivers to assist a maximum of eight patients simultaneously while clarifying that a patient who assigns cultivation rights to a caregiver cannot grow their own plants. These changes directly affect registered patients, their designated caregivers, and the state office responsible for overseeing the medical cannabis registry.