Amend CSHB 9 by adding the following sections and renumbering 
appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (e), Section 81.042, Health and 
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(e)  The following persons shall report to the local health 
authority or the department a suspected case of a reportable 
disease and all information known concerning the person who has or 
is suspected of having the disease if a report is not made as 
required by Subsections (a)-(d):
		(1)  a professional registered nurse;                                         
		(2)  an administrator or director of a public or 
private temporary or permanent child-care facility;
		(3)  an administrator or director of a nursing home, 
personal care home, maternity home, adult respite care center, or 
adult day-care center;
		(4)  an administrator of a home health agency;                                
		(5)  an administrator or health official of a public or 
private institution of higher education;
		(6)  an owner or manager of a restaurant, dairy, or 
other food handling or processing establishment or outlet;
		(7)  a superintendent, manager, or health official of a 
public or private camp, home, or institution;
		(8)  a parent, guardian, or householder;                                      
		(9)  a health professional; [or]                             
		(10)  an administrator or health official of a penal or 
correctional institution; or
		(11)  emergency medical service personnel, a peace 
officer, or a firefighter.
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 562, Occupations Code, 
is amended by adding Section 562.055 to read as follows:
	Sec. 562.055.  REPORT TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  A 
pharmacist shall report any unusual or increased prescription 
rates, unusual types of prescriptions, or unusual trends in 
pharmacy visits that may be caused by bioterrorism, epidemic or 
pandemic disease, or novel and highly fatal infectious agents or 
biological toxins that might pose a substantial risk of a 
significant number of human fatalities or incidents of permanent or 
long-term disability.  Prescription-related events that require a 
report include:
		(1)  an unusual increase in the number of prescriptions 
to treat respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints or fever;
		(2)  an unusual increase in the number of prescriptions 
for antibiotics;
		(3)  an unusual increase in the number of requests for 
information on over-the-counter pharmaceuticals to treat 
respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints or fever; and
		(4)  any prescription that treats a disease that is 
relatively uncommon and has bioterrorism potential.
	SECTION ____.  Subsections (a), (b), and (c), Section 
161.101, Agriculture Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A veterinarian, a veterinary diagnostic laboratory, or 
a person having care, custody, or control of an animal shall report 
the existence of the following diseases among livestock, exotic 
livestock, bison, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl to the commission 
within 24 hours after diagnosis of the disease:
		(1)  anthrax;                                                                 
		(2)  avian infectious laryngotracheitis;                                      
		(3)  avian influenza;                                                         
		(4)  avian tuberculosis;                                                      
		(5)  chronic wasting disease;                                                 
		(6)  duck virus enteritis;                                                    
		(7)  duck virus hepatitis;                                                    
		(8)  equine encephalomyelitis;                                                
		(9)  equine infectious anemia;                                                
		(10)  infectious encephalomyelitis in poultry or other 
fowl;                
		(11)  ornithosis;                                                             
		(12)  paramyxovirus infection in poultry or other fowl; 
or                  
		(13)  scabies in sheep or cattle.                                             
	(b)  In addition to reporting required by Subsection (a), the 
commission may adopt rules that require a veterinarian, a 
veterinary diagnostic laboratory, or a person having care, custody, 
or control of an animal to report the existence of a disease other 
than bluetongue in an animal to the commission within 24 hours after 
diagnosis if the disease:
		(1)  is recognized by the United States Department of 
Agriculture as a foreign animal disease;
		(2)  is the subject of a cooperative eradication 
program with the United States Department of Agriculture;
		(3)  is named on "List A" of the Office International 
Des Epizooties; or    
		(4)  is the subject of a state of emergency, as declared 
by the governor.   
	(c)  The commission may adopt rules that require a 
veterinarian, a veterinary diagnostic laboratory, or a person 
having care, custody, or control of an animal to report a disease 
not covered by Subsection (a) or (b) if the commission determines 
that action to be necessary for the protection of animal health in 
this state.  The commission shall immediately deliver a copy of a 
rule adopted under this subsection to the appropriate legislative 
oversight committees.  A rule adopted by the commission under this 
subsection expires on the first day after the last day of the first 
regular legislative session that begins after adoption of the rule 
unless the rule is continued in effect by act of the legislature.