Amend HB 1342 as follows:
      1.  Amend Section 1 by adding (on page 15 between lines 19
and 20) Secs. 8 and 9 to Article 4528b to read as follows and
renumbering remaining sections accordingly.
      Sec. 8.  In reporting information to the Coordinated
Licensure Information System under Article 7 of the Nurse Licensure
Compact, the Board of Nurse Examiners and the Board of Vocational
Nurse Examiners may disclose personally identifiable information
about the nurse including social security number.  The Coordinated
Licensure Information System may not share personally identifying
information with a state not a party to the compact unless the
state agrees not to disclose that information to other persons.
      Sec. 9.  (a)  The Governor may withdraw this state from the
Nurse Licensure Compact if the Board of Nurse Examiners or the
Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners notifies the governor that a
state that is party to the compact changed, after January 1, 1999,
the state's requirements for licensing a nurse and that the state's
requirements, as changed, are substantially lower than the
requirements for licensing a nurse in this state.
      (b)  The governor may completely withdraw this state from the
Nurse Licensure Compact or may limit withdrawal to the application
of the compact to registered nurses or licensed vocational nurses.
      2.  Add SECTION 8 to read as follows and renumber remaining
SECTIONS accordingly:
      SECTION 8.  Section 12, Chapter 118, Acts of the 52nd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1951 (Article 4528c, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 12.  Approval of Vocational Nursing Programs.  (a)  Any
hospital in regular use for patients which has a registered nurse
in charge of nursing, and whose staff consists of one or more
licensed physicians licensed by the State Board of Medical
Examiners, may qualify as an approved hospital for Vocational Nurse
Education, provided it can and will meet requirements of the Board
for the education of Vocational Nurses.
      (b)  Any institution which shall be qualified under Section
5, and under regulations promulgated by the Board to conduct a
course in Vocational Nursing shall apply to the Board and shall
accompany said application with evidence that it is prepared to
give a course <of not less than twelve (12) months> approved by the
Board for the education of Vocational Nurses; such application
shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee provided for in Section
9 of this Act; upon receipt of such application the Board shall
cause a survey of the institution making such application to be
made by a qualified representative of such Board.  If in the
opinion of a majority of the members of the Board, the requirements
for an approved course for Vocational Nursing are met by such
institution, such institution shall be placed on a list of such
institutions given for educating Vocational Nurses.  It shall
further be the duty of the Board, from time to time, to survey all
courses for such education of Vocational Nurses offered within the
State.  Written reports of such surveys shall be submitted to the
Board.  If the Board shall determine as a result of such surveys
that any school, hospital or institution heretofore approved as an
institution of Vocational Nursing is not maintaining the standards
required by law and by the rules and regulations promulgated by the
Board, notice thereof shall immediately be given to such school,
hospital or institution.  If the requirements of the Board are not
complied with within a reasonable time set by the Board in such
notices, such institution shall be removed from the list of
approved schools, hospitals or institutions offering courses for
Vocational Nurses in this State.