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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 491.054. Access to Treatment;  Costs

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of § 491.054 by as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 285 (S.B. 984), § 1, eff. September 1, 2025.  See, also, § 491.054 as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 333 (S.B. 2308), § 1, eff. June 11, 2025, and § 491.054 as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 352 (S.B. 670), § 2, eff. June 20, 2025 . >

(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.

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