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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prescription of a controlled substance to certain |
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patients for the treatment of pain. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 481, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 481.0725 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 481.0725. PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AFTER |
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DRUG TEST. A practitioner may not refuse to prescribe a controlled |
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substance for the treatment of pain to a patient solely because the |
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results of a drug test taken by the patient indicated that |
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tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabidiol was present in the patient's |
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body, or refuse to continue to treat the patient. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a prescription issued on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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A prescription issued before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the prescription is |
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issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |