By: Zwiener H.B. No. 4145
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prescription of a controlled substance to certain
patients for the treatment of pain.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 481, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 481.0725 to read as follows:
Sec. 481.0725. PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AFTER
DRUG TEST. A practitioner may not refuse to prescribe a controlled
substance for the treatment of pain to a patient solely because the
results of a drug test taken by the patient indicated that
tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabidiol was present in the patient's
body, or refuse to continue to treat the patient.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a prescription issued on or after the effective date of this Act.
A prescription issued before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the prescription is
issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.