Chairman King’s HB 46 - medical cannabis expansion - has been added to the agenda for our Texas House of Representatives! The bill could be voted on as soon as Monday, May 12, but could be pushed to Tuesday depending on how quickly House members move through their agenda.
🚨 TAKE ACTION 🚨
- Email your representative in SUPPORT of HB 46 - Expand the Compassionate Use Program!
- Call your state representative’s Capitol office and ask them to support HB 46! Find their number here. (Yes, it’s Sunday. Leave a nice message of support.)
- Spread the word. Share our posts on Instagram and Facebook.
House Bill 46 aims to expand and improve the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP). The bill defines allows patients to use cannabis patches, lotions, and suppositories as well as approved inhalers, nebulizers, and vaping devices.
If passed, the list of qualifying conditions would expand significantly, to include those with chronic pain, glaucoma, traumatic brain injury, spinal neuropathy, Crohn’s disease or other inflammatory bowel disease, degenerative disc disease, a terminal illness or condition for which a patient is receiving hospice or palliative care, or any medical condition designated by DSHS. Honorably discharged veterans may use cannabis for any medical conditions.
To ensure adequate patient access, HB 46 instructs the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to issue 11 dispensing licenses, which must be located strategically within Texas’ 11 public health regions. The bill also allows dispensing organizations to open approved satellite locations.
It’s long past time for Texas to truly expand the Compassionate Use Program. Let’s get this bill passed in the House and over to the Senate. Contact your representative in SUPPORT of HB 46!
Onward!