Tex. Health & Safety Code § 490.051 · Subchapter B. ACCESS TO INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS, BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, AND DEVICES FOR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE CHRONIC DISEASES
PATIENT ELIGIBILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A patient is eligible to access and use an investigational drug, biological product, or device under this chapter if:
(1) the patient has a severe chronic disease the commissioner designates under Section 490.002 that the patient's treating physician confirms in writing;
(2) the use of the investigational drug, biological product, or device is consistent with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter; and
(3) the patient's physician:
(A) in consultation with the patient, considers all other treatment options the United States Food and Drug Administration has currently approved and determines those treatment options are unavailable or unlikely to provide relief for the significant impairment or severe pain associated with the patient's severe chronic disease; and
(B) recommends or prescribes in writing the patient's use of a specific class of investigational drug, biological product, or device.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1082 (S.B. 773), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2023.
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