2025
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.