88R12699 JSC-D     By: Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 3068       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with   certain medical conditions.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 169.001(3), Occupations Code, is amended   to read as follows:                (3)  "Low-THC cannabis" means the plant Cannabis sativa   L., and any part of that plant or any compound, manufacture, salt,   derivative, mixture, preparation, resin, or oil of that plant that   contains not more than five [one] percent by weight of   tetrahydrocannabinols.          SECTION 2.  Section 169.003, Occupations Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 169.003.  PRESCRIPTION OF LOW-THC CANNABIS. (a) A   physician described by Section 169.002 may prescribe low-THC   cannabis to a patient if:                (1)  the patient is a permanent resident of the state;                (2)  the physician complies with the registration   requirements of Section 169.004; and                (3)  the physician certifies to the department that:                      (A)  the patient is diagnosed with:                            (i)  epilepsy;                            (ii)  a seizure disorder;                            (iii)  multiple sclerosis;                            (iv)  spasticity;                            (v)  amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;                            (vi)  autism;                            (vii)  cancer;                            (viii)  an incurable neurodegenerative   disease;                            (ix)  post-traumatic stress disorder; [or]                            (x)  a medical condition that is approved   for a research program under Subchapter F, Chapter 487, Health and   Safety Code, and for which the patient is receiving treatment under   that program; or                            (xi)  a debilitating medical condition   designated by the Department of State Health Services under   Subsection (b); and                      (B)  the physician determines the risk of the   medical use of low-THC cannabis by the patient is reasonable in   light of the potential benefit for the patient.          (b)  The Department of State Health Services by rule may   designate debilitating medical conditions for which a physician may   prescribe low-THC cannabis under this section.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.