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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas bill redefines low-THC cannabis dosage limits and expands qualifying medical conditions for prescriptions
Last action · March 12, 2025: Referred to s/c on Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health by SpeakerSponsor: Venton Jones
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas HB 1574 redefines by establishing a dosage limit of not more than 10 milligrams of per unit, replacing the prior percentage-by-weight standard, and expands the list of medical conditions for which a physician may prescribe it, effective September 1, 2025.
Permanent state residents diagnosed with newly added conditions, such as chronic pain or research-approved ailments, become legally eligible to receive prescriptions from registered physicians under the updated dosage framework.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
permanent residents of the state
Patients who are permanent residents gain legal eligibility to receive low-THC cannabis prescriptions for an expanded list of medical conditions including chronic pain.
physicians prescribing low-THC cannabis
Physicians are permitted to prescribe low-THC cannabis based on updated dosage definitions and newly added qualifying medical conditions.
Department of State Health Services
The department is granted the authority to designate additional debilitating medical conditions by rule.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How is low-THC cannabis newly defined under this bill?
What new medical conditions allow a patient to receive a low-THC cannabis prescription?
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 12, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to s/c on Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health by Speaker
- Mar 12, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Dec 11, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
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Transition from Percentage-Based to Unit-Based Dosage
The bill replaces a weight-percentage limit (one percent by weight) with a fixed milligram limit (10 milligrams per dosage unit) for low-THC cannabis.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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