BILL ANALYSIS


                                                        H.B. 2382
                                        By: McDonald (Armbrister)
                                                    State Affairs
                                                          5-22-95
                              Senate Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Food service workers are required to complete a standardized
training program to receive accreditation.  Many multi-unit
operations, such as grocery stores, utilize national training
programs, which vary from the standardized format and therefore
cannot be used in Texas.

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 2382 authorizes the Texas Department of Health to
approve individual training programs for food service entities.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 438.043, Health and Safety Code, by
adding Subsection (e), to authorize the Texas Department of Health
to modify the requirements of Subsection (a), (b), or (c) for a
course used in training employees under the common control of a
single entity.

SECTION 2. Amends Section 438.046(b), Health and Safety Code, to
provide that a food service worker trained in a course for the
employees of a single entity is considered to have met a local
health jurisdiction's training and testing requirements only as to
food service performed for that entity.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.
           Effective date: upon passage.