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On December 29th, 2020 a new law took effect requiring that your driver’s license image will be shared with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation (LARA) to finally place a photo on the Michigan Medical Marijuana Card. Currently the Michigan driver’s license photo is shared for a citizen requiring a carrying a concealed weapon card.
Since the program’s inception, patients were being given a terse message saying that no photograph is available. This policy is causing business owners to use third party vendors that make a copy of your driver’s license and medical marijuana card, increasing the chance of identity theft. This was also a policy of previous administrations who did not want the program to succeed for political and "moral" reasons. In the beginning, a paper process for your card took 90 days up to one year to process. Now it takes only 2 weeks and, placing the picture on the card would complete process.
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Public Act 306, Section 2, Part 6(e) requires that the image be shared by the Secretary of State's office to LARA for use by the department for your card. This change will also be valid for voting, cashing checks, and any other instance where a photo ID is required. Implementation of the new cards were promised in March 2021 by MRA Director Andrew Brisbo however, the Office of the Secretary of State is currenly hesitant to comply with the new law.
Reference Link (Public Act 306 Section 2 - Part 6(e) - State Of Michigan)
