Amend HB 2311 as follows:
      (1)  Add a new Section 7 as follows and renumber the
subsequent section appropriately:
      "SECTION 7.  Section 4D (b), Structural Pest Control Act
(Article 135b-6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is amended to read
as follows:
      (b)  The board may make available to the Texas Department of
Health under the occupational condition <disease> reporting program
established under Chapter 84, Health and Safety Code, any
information it receives concerning an exposure to a pesticide
caused by a licensee that results in a medically verifiable
illness. The board and the Texas Department of Health shall adopt
joint rules to govern such a program. These rules shall require the
board to make the information available to an institution of higher
education that conducts research in urban entomology, epidemiology,
or other areas related to structural pest control."