Bill Text: TX HB3068 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Public Health [HB3068 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3068-Introduced.html
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| By: Jones of Dallas | H.B. No. 3068 | |
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| relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with | ||
| certain medical conditions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 169.001(3), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (3) "Low-THC cannabis" means the plant Cannabis sativa | ||
| L., and any part of that plant or any compound, manufacture, salt, | ||
| derivative, mixture, preparation, resin, or oil of that plant that | ||
| contains not more than five [ |
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| tetrahydrocannabinols. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 169.003, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 169.003. PRESCRIPTION OF LOW-THC CANNABIS. (a) A | ||
| physician described by Section 169.002 may prescribe low-THC | ||
| cannabis to a patient if: | ||
| (1) the patient is a permanent resident of the state; | ||
| (2) the physician complies with the registration | ||
| requirements of Section 169.004; and | ||
| (3) the physician certifies to the department that: | ||
| (A) the patient is diagnosed with: | ||
| (i) epilepsy; | ||
| (ii) a seizure disorder; | ||
| (iii) multiple sclerosis; | ||
| (iv) spasticity; | ||
| (v) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; | ||
| (vi) autism; | ||
| (vii) cancer; | ||
| (viii) an incurable neurodegenerative | ||
| disease; | ||
| (ix) post-traumatic stress disorder; [ |
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| (x) a medical condition that is approved | ||
| for a research program under Subchapter F, Chapter 487, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, and for which the patient is receiving treatment under | ||
| that program; or | ||
| (xi) a debilitating medical condition | ||
| designated by the Department of State Health Services under | ||
| Subsection (b); and | ||
| (B) the physician determines the risk of the | ||
| medical use of low-THC cannabis by the patient is reasonable in | ||
| light of the potential benefit for the patient. | ||
| (b) The Department of State Health Services by rule may | ||
| designate debilitating medical conditions for which a physician may | ||
| prescribe low-THC cannabis under this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
