1-1 By: Erickson, Rabuck (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 781
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 5, 1993;
1-3 April 5, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
1-4 and Human Services; April 27, 1993, reported adversely, with
1-5 favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays
1-6 0; April 27, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Zaffirini x
1-10 Ellis x
1-11 Madla x
1-12 Moncrief x
1-13 Nelson x
1-14 Patterson x
1-15 Shelley x
1-16 Truan x
1-17 Wentworth x
1-18 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 781 By: Ellis
1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-20 AN ACT
1-21 relating to the inspection of certain electronic products under the
1-22 Texas Radiation Control Act.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-24 SECTION 1. Section 401.064, Health and Safety Code, is
1-25 amended by adding Subsections (d)-(f) to read as follows:
1-26 (d) The board by rule shall require a person who inspects
1-27 medical, dental, veterinary or chiropractic electronic products to
1-28 have special training in the design and uses of the products.
1-29 (e) The department shall conduct inspections of medical,
1-30 dental, veterinary and chiropractic electronic products in a manner
1-31 designed to cause as little disruption of a medical, dental,
1-32 veterinary or chiropractic practice as is practicable.
1-33 (f) In adopting rules under this section relating to the
1-34 inspection of medical, dental, veterinary and chiropractic
1-35 electronic products, the board shall solicit and follow the
1-36 recommendations of the State Board of Dental Examiners for the
1-37 inspections of dental electronic products, the Texas State Board of
1-38 Medical Examiners for the inspection of medical electronic
1-39 products, the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for
1-40 the inspection of medical electronic products used in the practice
1-41 of veterinary medicine, and the State Board of Chiropractic
1-42 Examiners for the inspection of chiropractic electronic products,
1-43 unless in conflict with federal statutes or federal rules.
1-44 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-45 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-46 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-47 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-48 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-49 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-50 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-51 * * * * *
1-52 Austin,
1-53 Texas
1-54 April 27, 1993
1-55 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-56 President of the Senate
1-57 Sir:
1-58 We, your Committee on Health and Human Services to which was
1-59 referred H.B. No. 781, have had the same under consideration, and I
1-60 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
1-61 recommendation that it do not pass, but that the Committee
1-62 Substitute adopted in lieu thereof do pass and be printed.
1-63 Zaffirini,
1-64 Chair
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1-66 WITNESSES
1-67 FOR AGAINST ON
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2-1 Name: Joseph M. Nanus x
2-2 Representing: TDH
2-3 City: Austin
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2-5 Name: Frank Santos x
2-6 Representing: TX Medical Asso
2-7 City: Austin
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2-9 Name: Bernard Erickson x
2-10 Representing: ST. Rep
2-11 City: Burleson
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2-13 Name: Larry Kornegay x
2-14 Representing: TX Veterinary Med Asso
2-15 City: Houston
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2-17 Name: Kraff Wallace x
2-18 Representing: TX Veterinary Medical Asso
2-19 City: Paris
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