Amend CSHB 1483 by adding an appropriately numbered article 
to read as follows:

ARTICLE ___.  MIDWIVES
	SECTION ____.  Section 203.002(1), Occupations Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(1)  "Board" means the [Texas] Board of Nurse Examiners
[Health].
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 203, Occupations Code, 
is amended by adding Section 203.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 203.007.  BOARD OF NURSE EXAMINERS.  (a)  The board 
shall administer this chapter.  If, in administering this chapter, 
there is a conflict between this chapter and Chapter 301, Chapter 
301 controls.
	(b)  A reference in this chapter to the board or the 
department means the Board of Nurse Examiners.
	SECTION ___.  Section 203.101, Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 203.101.  PROGRAM COORDINATOR.  The board [department] 
shall, [with the approval of the board and] after consultation with 
the midwifery board, employ a coordinator for the midwifery program 
and the staff necessary to administer the program.
	SECTION ____.  Section 203.002(4), Occupations Code, is 
repealed.            
	SECTION ____.  Not later than February 1, 2004, the Board of 
Nurse Examiners shall review all rules adopted before that date and 
effective under Section 203.151(a)(2), Occupations Code, and 
determine whether to approve those rules. A rule that is not 
approved by the board under this section has no effect.
	SECTION ____.  (a)  On February 1, 2004:                                       
		(1)  all functions and activities performed by the 
Texas Board of Health or the Texas Department of Health related to 
Chapter 203, Occupations Code, immediately before that date are 
transferred to the Board of Nurse Examiners;
		(2)  a form adopted by the Texas Board of Health or the 
Texas Department of Health related to Chapter 203, Occupations 
Code, is a form of the Board of Nurse Examiners and remains in 
effect until amended or replaced by that board;
		(3)  a reference in law or an administrative rule to the 
Texas Board of Health or the Texas Department of Health related to 
Chapter 203, Occupations Code, means the Board of Nurse Examiners;
		(4)  a complaint, investigation, or other proceeding 
before the Texas Board of Health or the Texas Department of Health 
related to Chapter 203, Occupations Code, is transferred without 
change in status to the Board of Nurse Examiners, and the Board of 
Nurse Examiners assumes, as appropriate and without a change in 
status, the position of the Texas Board of Health or the Texas 
Department of Health in an action or proceeding related to Chapter 
203, Occupations Code, to which the Texas Board of Health or the 
Texas Department of Health is a party;
		(5)  all money, contracts, leases, property, and 
obligations of the Texas Board of Health or the Texas Department of 
Health related to Chapter 203, Occupations Code, are transferred to 
the Board of Nurse Examiners;
		(6)  a documentation issued by the Texas Board of 
Health or the Texas Department of Health under Chapter 203, 
Occupations Code, is a documentation of the Board of Nurse 
Examiners;
		(7)  an employee of the Texas Board of Health or the 
Texas Department of Health who primarily performs duties related to 
Chapter 203, Occupations Code, becomes an employee of the Board of 
Nurse Examiners; and
		(8)  the unexpended and unobligated balance of any 
money appropriated by the legislature to the Texas Board of Health 
or the Texas Department of Health in connection with the 
administration of Chapter 203, Occupations Code, is transferred to 
the Board of Nurse Examiners.
	(b)  Before February 1, 2004, the Texas Board of Health or 
the Texas Department of Health may agree with the Board of Nurse 
Examiners to transfer any property of the Texas Board of Health to 
the Board of Nurse Examiners to implement the transfer required by 
this section.
	(c)  In the period beginning on the effective date of this 
Act and ending on January 31, 2004, the Texas Board of Health or the 
Texas Department of Health shall continue to perform functions and 
activities under Chapter 203, Occupations Code, or other law as if 
that law had not been repealed or amended by this Act, and the 
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.