Parents of children with severe epilepsy went to the Iowa statehouse Tuesday to complain about a state agency’s rules for implementing the new state law that decriminalizes possession of cannabis oil. The Iowa Department of Public Health has developed an application that parents will fill out to get a photo I-D through the Iowa D-O-T. They’ll be able to show that I-D to prove to police in Iowa that an Iowa doctor has recommended the cannabis oil as treatment for their child’s chronic epilepsy. Kim Novy is urging officials to automate the process.

Novy is the mother of twins who have been diagnosed with severe epilepsy and she spoke to a legislative committee that reviews agency rules. Deborah Thompson, the Iowa Department of Public Health’s policy advisor, says her agency doesn’t have the money to make the application process paperless.

A few accommodations have been proposed for the children who’d be taking the cannabis oil to try to reduce the frequency and severity of their seizures. The Iowa D-O-T has offered to go to the child’s home to take the photo for the identification card they’d get. The cards will be issued on an annual basis. The Iowa Department of Public Health first proposed that the child undergo a physical each year the card is renewed, but that requirement has been removed. The agency hopes to start accepting applications by January 30. That’s about seven months after the bill legislators passed on the subject was signed into law by the governor.