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      88(R) HB 3068 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88R12699 JSC-D
         
		By:  Jones of Dallas
            H.B.  No.  3068
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            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 [one] percent by weight of 
         
            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; [or]
         
                                                              (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.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Occupations Code 169.001, Occupations Code 169.003 (Occupations Code 169)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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 [~~one~~] percent by weight of
	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; [or]
	(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.