Amend SB 338 (Senate engrossment) by inserting the following
appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumbering the remaining
SECTIONS appropriately:
      SECTION ____. Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 301.304 to read as follows:
      Sec. 301.304.  HEPATITIS C COMPONENT IN CONTINUING EDUCATION.
(a)  As part of any continuing education requirements under Section
301.303, a license holder shall participate in not less than two
hours of continuing education relating to hepatitis C.  This
subsection applies only to a license holder who renews a license on
or after June 1, 2002.
      (b)  The board shall recognize, prepare, or administer a
hepatitis C training component for use in continuing education for
license holders under Subsection (a).
      (c)  The training component must provide information relating
to the prevention, assessment, and treatment of hepatitis C.
      (d)  This section expires June 1, 2004.
      SECTION ____. The change in law made by Section 301.304,
Occupations Code, as added by this Act, applies only to continuing
education offered on or after June 1, 2002.