Texas lawmakers unanimously voted for a medical cannabis expansion bill in the Public Health House Committee on Wednesday, reports Marijuana Moment.
With the Committee’s passage, the bill is now moved to the Calendars Committee to be scheduled for a vote by the House of Representatives.
The medical cannabis bill, HB 1535, sponsored by Chairwoman Stephanie Klick, proposes adding PTSD (for veterans only), cancer, and chronic pain to the list of health conditions that qualify patients for treatment with medical cannabis. It would also enable the Department of State Health Services to add other conditions through administrative rulemaking, while creating “institutional review boards” focused on helping medical cannabis research.