2025
DPS Update: Phase I of Texas Compassionate Use Program Expansion Selection Process
December 2, 2025
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has commenced Phase I of the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP) expansion selection process, and nine new businesses have been identified to proceed for an additional due diligence evaluation.
The following organizations will be conditionally awarded TCUP licenses, subject to additional due diligence evaluations such as disciplinary actions, financial suitability, litigation history, and any other information as required by the Department following Phase I of the selection process:
| 1. | Verano Texas, LLC | Public Health Region 10 |
| 2. | Trulieve TX, Inc | Public Health Region 1 |
| 3. | Texas Patient Access, LLC | Public Health Region 3 |
| 4. | Lonestar Compassionate Care Group, LLC | Public Health Region 3 |
| 5. | Lone Star Bioscience, Inc | Public Health Region 8 |
| 6. | PC TX OPCO LLC dba PharmaCann | Public Health Region 6 |
| 7. | Texa OP, dba TexaRx | Public Health Region 11 |
| 8. | Story of Texas, LLC | Public Health Region 6 |
| 9. | Dilatso, LLC | Public Health Region 2 |
Conditional licenses do not grant the applicant permission to cultivate, manufacture, distribute, or sell cannabis products until final approval by the Department. As a holder of a conditional license, the licensee is subject to the Department’s ongoing due diligence evaluation. Each conditional licensee is expected to fully comply with all statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to the medicinal license issued under TCUP.
DPS will be requesting additional information from these businesses and will not be invoicing any dispensing organization license fees until the additional due diligence evaluations are completed and passed. The announcement of these nine businesses today does not guarantee that these businesses will be issued final TCUP licenses to operate as dispensing organizations.
As outlined in House Bill 46, DPS will issue a total of 12 new licenses over a two-phased selection period. These nine conditional licensees in Phase I, and three conditional licensees in Phase II by April 1, 2026.
DPS Opening Application Window for Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP) Dispensing Organization Licenses
August 8, 2025
The Department of Public Safety (DPS), Regulatory Services Division (RSD) is accepting applications for the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP) dispensing organization licenses from August 15, 2025 to September 15, 2025.
New Applications for dispensing organization licenses may be submitted through the RSD Contact Us portal, using application form (CUP-101). (See the New Applications webpage for more information).
Applicants who have previously applied for a TCUP dispensing organization license must submit, as part of their supplemental application, an updated acknowledgments form and a statement of priority for the public health regions, as well as additional documentation (see the Supplemental webpage for more information). Requested supplemental documents for the dispensing organization license must be submitted through the RSD SFTP portal.
The application window for new and supplemental applications will close at 5:00 p.m. CT on September 15, 2025. No late applications will be accepted.
Please note:
- The department will issue 12 new licenses which are necessary to ensure reasonable statewide access to, and the availability of, low-THC cannabis for patients registered in the compassionate use registry. The department will issue nine licenses by December 1, 2025, and three licenses by April 1, 2026.
- With the window closing on September 15th, the department will begin the process of scoring and thus ranking the Phase 1 group first. The selection committee will rank Phase 1 applications 1 through 12. The department will announce the first nine applicants for licenses and then proceed immediately to Phase 2 ranking. Applicants from Phase 1 who are ranked #10, #11, and #12 will be added to the pool of Phase 2 applicants and will compete in Phase 2.
2024
Compassionate Use Program Evaluation Report
October 10, 2024
Regulatory Services Division (RSD) procured a Compassionate Use Program (CUP) subject matter expert to assist Regulatory Services Division (RSD) with recommendations for the CUP Program. The subject matter expert has completed the program analysis and provided a final report with recommendations. A copy of the report can be found here.
Compassionate Use Program
May 13, 2024
The Texas Compassionate Use Program (CUP) is inviting physicians and patients to participate in one or more surveys about the state’s Low-THC (medical cannabis) program. Your insights are valuable in helping us understand the experiences and perspectives of Compassionate Use Program participants. You are not required to take this survey. If you choose not to take it, your relationship with the program will not be affected in any way.
This survey is being conducted by a consultant contracted with DPS to gather data and provide recommendations about the program. The information will be used to improve the program and inform others including legislators, program staff, policy makers, and the public about the program’s impact, accessibility, and opportunities for improvement. If you choose to participate, please answer the following questions honestly and to the best of your ability.
All responses are anonymous. We do not solicit or collect personally identifiable information.
Patient Survey: This survey is now closed.
Physician Survey: This survey is now closed.