Texas officials are taking another step toward implementing a law to significantly expand the state’s medical marijuana program—posting a draft of proposed rules to let physicians recommend new qualifying conditions for cannabis and create standards for allowable inhalation devices.
The state Health and Human Services Commission is set to formally file the proposed rules next week, and they’ll subsequently be published in the Texas Register, opening up a 31-day public comment period.
This comes about a week after the the Department of Public Safety (DPS) previewed a separate set of rules to increase the number of licensed dispensaries under recently passed legislation.
To comply with the medical marijuana expansion bill that Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed into law in June, DPS will be formally proposing a future licensing application process, security standards for satellite locations and license revocation parameters.
Meanwhile, the new memo published ahead of a Health and Human Services Commission Executive Council meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 21 outlines additional steps that are being taken.
Specifically, the department is proposing rules that “explain how physicians can request to add medical conditions to the list, set standards for pulmonary inhalation medical devices prescribed under the program, and establish a
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