Bill > SB127

This bill amends the Health and Safety Code to establish a new Chapter 487A that authorizes the Department of Public Safety to administer a medical cannabis program. The key provisions include: - Defining terms like "medical cannabis," "medical use," and "dispensing organization" and outlining the department's duties to license dispensing organizations, register associated individuals, and maintain a medical use registry. - Establishing eligibility and application requirements for dispensing organization licenses, as well as provisions for license suspension/revocation. - Authorizing physicians to recommend medical cannabis use for patients and outlining related registration and treatment plan requirements under a new Chapter 169A in the Occupations Code. - Amending various other laws to account for the new medical cannabis framework, such as exempting medical cannabis from certain drug-related offenses and prohibiting local bans on medical cannabis. The bill aims to create a statewide system for the lawful use of medical cannabis in Texas, with the Department of Public Safety overseeing the licensing and regulation of the program.