Amend CSHB 1483 as follows:                                                  

(1)  In ARTICLE 1 of the bill, insert an appropriately 	numbered SECTION to read as follows:
	SECTION 1.____.  Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Occupations 
Code, is amended by adding Section 301.305 to read as follows:
	Sec. 301.305.  BIOTERRORISM RESPONSE COMPONENT IN 
CONTINUING EDUCATION.  (a)  As part of continuing education 
requirements under Section 301.303, a license holder shall 
participate during each two-year licensing period in at least two 
hours of continuing education relating to preparing for, reporting 
medical events resulting from, and responding to the consequences 
of an incident of bioterrorism.
	(b)  The continuing education required under Subsection (a) 
must be part of a program approved under Section 301.303(c).
	(c)  A license holder who does not comply with the continuing 
education required under Subsection (a) is subject only to one or 
both of the following sanctions:
		(1)  completion of the instruction in a period set by 
the board of 30 days or less; or
		(2)  an administrative penalty imposed under 
Subchapter K.           
	(d)  A license holder who fails to comply with a sanction 
imposed under Subsection (c) is subject to any sanction imposed 
under Section 301.453 or Subchapter K.
	(e)  The board, in consultation with the Texas Department of 
Health, shall adopt rules establishing the content of the 
continuing education required under Subsection (a).  The board may 
adopt other rules to implement this section, including rules under 
Section 301.303(c) for the approval of education programs and 
providers.
	(f)  The board may divide the content of the continuing 
education required under Subsection (a) into one-hour segments and 
may require that those segments be taken in a certain sequence.
	(g)  This section expires September 1, 2007.                            
	(2)  Renumber the SECTIONS of ARTICLE 1 of the bill 
appropriately.           
	(3)  In ARTICLE 3 of the bill, insert an appropriately 
numbered SECTION to read as follows:
	SECTION 3.____.  (a)  Not later than June 1, 2004, the Board 
of Nurse Examiners shall adopt the rules required by Section 
301.305, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
	(b)  A license holder may not be required to complete the 
continuing education requirements imposed by Section 301.305, 
Occupations Code, as added by this Act, before June 1, 2006.
	(c)  As part of the next review conducted under Section 
301.003, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, the Sunset 
Advisory Commission shall evaluate the necessity and effectiveness 
of mandating continuing education courses for nurses on specific 
topics.
	(4)  Renumber the SECTIONS of ARTICLE 3 of the bill 
appropriately.