Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1535	House Author:  Klick et al.
Effective:  9-1-21	Senate Sponsor:  Schwertner et al.

            House Bill 1535 amends the Health and Safety Code and Occupations Code to provide for the establishment of compassionate‑use institutional review boards to evaluate and approve proposed research programs to study the medical use of low‑THC cannabis in the treatment of certain patients. The bill expands the medical conditions for which a patient may be prescribed low‑THC cannabis for compassionate use to include post‑traumatic stress disorder as well as a medical condition that is approved for a research program and for which the patient is receiving treatment under that program. The bill increases from one‑half of one percent to one percent the maximum percent by weight of THC allowable in cannabis for it to be considered low‑THC for purposes of such a prescription. The bill sets out the qualifications for a physician to prescribe low‑THC cannabis for the treatment of a patient with a medical condition for treatment in an approved research program.