Texas legislation · 89th Legislature Regular Session
Texas SB670: Relating to patient authorization to access certain investigational sun protection products.
Status: Chaptered, June 20, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to patient authorization to access certain investigational sun protection products.
From the enrolled text, May 21, 2025:
AN ACT relating to patient authorization to access certain investigational sun protection products. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. (a) The legislature finds that: (1) the process for the approval of investigational sun protection products in the United States takes many years; (2) some patients do not have the luxury of waiting until an investigational sun protection product receives final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration; (3) the standards of the United States Food and Drug Administration for the use of investigational sun protection products may deny patients the benefits of potentially life-saving products; (4) patients have a fundamental right to attempt to preserve their health and lives by accessing available investigational sun protection products; (5) the use of available investigational sun protection products is a decision the patient in consultation with the patient's physician should make to preserve the patient's health or life and is not a decision the government should make; and (6) the decision to use an investigational sun protection product should be made with full awareness of the potential risks, benefits, and consequences to the patient. (b) It is the intent of the legislature to allow patients the option of using investigational sun protection products. SECTION 2. Subtitle C, Title 6, Health and Safety Code, is …
Sponsors
- Bryan Hughes (R, SD-001) · primary sponsor
- Elizabeth Campos (D, HD-119)
Latest actions
- : Effective immediately
- : Filed without the Governor's signature
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Signed in the House
- : Signed in the Senate
- : Reported enrolled
- : House passage reported
- : Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- : Record vote (RV#3143)
- : Passed
Votes
- Public Health Committee Vote (Out of committee): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Health & Human Services Committee Vote (Out of committee): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3987 (May 21, 2025): 135 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3143 (May 21, 2025): 115 yea, 27 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3747 (May 20, 2025): 99 yea, 31 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3094 (May 20, 2025): 126 yea, 14 nay, passed
Subjects: MEDICAL BOARD, TEXAS, INFORMED CONSENT, PATIENT RIGHTS & PROTECTION, Health--General, Health Care Providers, PHYSICIANS
Common questions
- What is SB670?
- SB670 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature Regular Session): Relating to patient authorization to access certain investigational sun protection products.
- What does SB670 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to patient authorization to access certain investigational sun protection products.
- What is the status of SB670?
- Chaptered as of June 20, 2025. Latest action: Effective immediately (June 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB670?
- Bryan Hughes (R, SD-001), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB670?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB00670
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