88R9851 LHC-D
By: Hull H.B. No. 3715
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access to all prescribed medications by residents in
certain long-term care facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 226 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 226. LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENT RIGHT TO ACCESS
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION
Sec. 226.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Long-term care facility" means:
(A) a facility licensed or regulated under
Chapter 242, 247, or 252, Health and Safety Code; or
(B) a state supported living center as defined by
Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code.
(2) "Prescription" includes an entry in the
compassionate-use registry established under Section 487.054.
Sec. 226.002. RESIDENT RIGHT TO ACCESS PRESCRIPTION
MEDICATION. A resident of a long-term care facility has a right to
access any medication for which the resident has a prescription
from a licensed practitioner, including a medication containing
low-THC cannabis.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.