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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 491.054 (3): ACCESS TO TREATMENT; COSTS.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
- SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES Chapter 491, consisting of Secs. 491.001 to 491.151, was added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (S.B. 984), Sec. 1. For another Chapter 491, consisting of Secs. 491.001 to 491.103, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 333 (S.B. 2308), Sec. 1, see Sec. 491.001 et seq., post. For another Chapter 491, consisting of Secs. 491.001 to 491.151, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 352 (S.B. 670), Sec. 2, see Sec. 491.001 et seq., post.
- CHAPTER 491. ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALIZED INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING OR SEVERELY DEBILITATING ILLNESSES
- SUBCHAPTER B. ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALIZED INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENT
(a) A manufacturer operating within an eligible health care facility and in compliance with all applicable federal assurance laws and regulations may make available an individualized investigational treatment, and an eligible patient may request access to the treatment from an eligible health care facility or manufacturer operating within an eligible health care facility under this chapter.
(b) A manufacturer is not required under this chapter to make available an individualized investigational treatment to an eligible patient.
(c) An eligible health care facility or manufacturer operating within an eligible health care facility may:
(1) provide an individualized investigational treatment to an eligible patient without receiving compensation; or
(2) require an eligible patient to pay the costs of, or the costs associated with, the manufacture of the treatment.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (S.B. 984), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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