1-1 By: Lindsay S.B. No. 692 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2001; February 15, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human 1-4 Services; March 26, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; 1-6 March 26, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 692 By: Nelson 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the evaluation and approval of continuing education 1-11 courses for occupational therapists. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Section 454.254, Occupations Code, is amended by 1-14 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-15 (d) In adopting rules under Subsection (a)(3), the board may 1-16 authorize license holder peer organizations in this state to 1-17 evaluate and approve continuing education courses in accordance 1-18 with the board's evaluation and approval process. The board may 1-19 not adopt rules implementing this subsection after January 1, 2003. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-25 * * * * *