By Maxey                                               H.B. No. 456
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to exemption from nursing license requirements for certain
 1-3     services provided to persons with disabilities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 531.051, Government Code, as added by
 1-6     Section 1, Chapter 1288, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
 1-7     Session, 1999, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as
 1-8     follows:
 1-9           (f)  Section 301.251(a), Occupations Code, does not apply to
1-10     delivery of a service for which payment is provided under the
1-11     voucher payment program developed under this section if the person
1-12     who delivers the service:
1-13                 (1)  has not been denied a license under Chapter 301 or
1-14     302, Occupations Code; and
1-15                 (2)  has not been issued a license under Chapter 301,
1-16     Occupations Code, that is revoked or suspended.
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-20     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.