By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2967
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prescription of a controlled substance for certain
patients and continued treatment of those patients.
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 AND
CONTINUED TREATMENT OF PATIENT AFTER DRUG TEST. A practitioner may
not refuse to prescribe a controlled substance for the treatment of
pain to a patient or refuse to continue treating the 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.
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, 2023.