Bill Text: TX HB3535 | 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 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Public Health [HB3535 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3535-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales Shaw | H.B. No. 3535 | |
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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 169.003, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 169.003. PRESCRIPTION OF LOW-THC CANNABIS. 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 or | ||
| another motor neuron disorder; | ||
| (vi) autism; | ||
| (vii) cancer; | ||
| (viii) Parkinson's disease; | ||
| (ix) cerebral palsy; | ||
| (x) a brain tumor; | ||
| (xi) vascular insult to the brain; | ||
| (xii) a spinal cord disorder; | ||
| (xiii) traumatic brain injury; | ||
| (xiv) post-polio syndrome; | ||
| (xv) muscular dystrophy; | ||
| (xvi) myasthenia gravis; | ||
| (xvii) peripheral neuropathy; | ||
| (xviii) Huntington's disease, Friedreich's | ||
| ataxia, spinocerebellar degeneration, or another [ |
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| neurodegenerative disease; | ||
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| disorder; or | ||
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| 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; 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. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
