{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-487.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 487.251","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Executive commissioner\" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.\n(2) \"Institutional review board\" means a compassionate-use institutional review board established under Section 487.253.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 1535), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES","CHAPTER 487. TEXAS COMPASSIONATE-USE ACT","SUBCHAPTER F. COMPASSIONATE-USE RESEARCH AND REPORTING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.487.htm#487.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"713a5f391a91fde855e410742ad50ed4de365049d5d4b58fcbf2eb15844c659d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-487.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-487.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}