1-1     By:  Maxey (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)             H.B. No. 100
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
 1-4     and Human Services; May 1, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 1, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the regulation of certain health care activities using
 1-9     the Internet.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 3, Occupations Code, is amended
1-12     by adding Chapter 105 to read as follows:
1-13            CHAPTER 105.  GENERAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY REGARDING
1-14                 HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS' USE OF INTERNET
1-15           Sec. 105.001.  EFFECT OF INTERNET ACTIVITY.   (a)  In this
1-16     section:
1-17                 (1)  "Licensing authority" means a department,
1-18     commission, board, office, or other agency of the state or a
1-19     political subdivision of the state that regulates activities and
1-20     persons under this title.
1-21                 (2)  "Internet" has the meaning assigned by Section
1-22     2002.001, Government Code.
1-23           (b)  The fact that an activity occurs through the use of the
1-24     Internet does not affect a licensing authority's power to regulate
1-25     an activity or person that would otherwise be regulated under this
1-26     title.
1-27           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-28     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-29     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-30     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-31     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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