77R12746 MCK-D                           
         By Gray, Brown of Brazos, Eiland, et al.               H.B. No. 916
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 916:
         By Gray                                            C.S.H.B. No. 916
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to evaluating certain drug purchasing cooperatives.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Chapter 108, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
 1-5     adding Section 108.0062 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 108.0062.  EVALUATING CERTAIN DRUG PURCHASING
 1-7     COOPERATIVES. (a)  The council shall develop criteria for
 1-8     evaluating drug purchasing cooperatives that purchase drugs on
 1-9     behalf of consumers and create an evaluation form for  consumers to
1-10     evaluate the cooperatives.
1-11           (b)  The council shall distribute the evaluation forms to the
1-12     department, local health departments, the Texas Department of
1-13     Insurance, and the office of consumer protection division of the
1-14     office of the attorney general.
1-15           (c)  The council shall compile the information from completed
1-16     evaluation forms and make the information available to the public.
1-17           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.