Texas authorities officially passed rules that further expand the state’s medical marijuana programallowing doctors to recommend new qualifying conditions for cannabis patients and creating standards for approved low-THC inhalation devices.

Following a public comment period, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has published revised regulations in the Texas Register under a law passed by the Legislature earlier this year.

The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) under DSHS said the portion of the rule change that would allow the department to “receive requests from physicians to add medical conditions to the list of qualifying conditions for which physicians may prescribe low-THC cannabis” was unchanged from the originally proposed form after a comment period.

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