TITLE: Relating to access to all prescribed medications by residents in certain long-term care facilities.

SUMMARY: Relating to access to all prescribed medications by residents in certain long-term care facilities.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to access to all prescribed medications by residents in certain long-term care facilities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Chapter 226 to read as follows: CHAPTER 226. LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENT RIGHT TO ACCESS PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION Sec. 226.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Long-term care facility" means: (A) a facility licensed or regulated under Chapter 242, 247, or 252, Health and Safety Code; or (B) a state supported living center as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code. (2) "Prescription" includes an entry in the compassionate-use registry established under Section 487.054. Sec. 226.002. RESIDENT RIGHT TO ACCESS PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION. A resident of a long-term care facility has a right to access any medication for which the resident has a prescription from a licensed practitioner, including a medication containing low-THC cannabis. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.