The bill, titled "Admissibility of Evidence Against Employer for Employee Use of THC," introduces Chapter 142B to the Civil Practice and Remedies Code in Texas. It establishes specific definitions related to employees, intoxication, low-THC cannabis, and THC itself. The bill stipulates that in civil actions against employers for negligent hiring, training, supervising, or entrusting employees, evidence of an employee's medical use of low-THC cannabis cannot be admitted unless the employer was aware of the employee's use, knew the employee was intoxicated before the incident occurred, and failed to intervene to prevent the resulting harm.

Additionally, the bill states that in cases where an employee's use of THC is alleged to have caused injury, death, or property damage, evidence of a positive THC test is inadmissible unless there is sufficient evidence demonstrating that the employee was intoxicated at or near the time of the incident. The changes made by this Act will only apply to actions filed after its effective date, which is set for 91 days following the end of the legislative session.

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