78R3251 SMJ-D


By:  Naishtat, Pena                                               H.B. No. 1321



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the application of certain marketing and contracting 
restrictions to treatment facilities funded by the Texas Commission 
on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 164.004, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 164.004.  EXEMPTIONS.  This chapter does not apply to:                    
		(1)  a treatment facility:                                             
			(A)  operated by the Texas Department of Mental 
Health and Mental Retardation, a federal agency, or a political 
subdivision; or
			(B)  funded by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and 
Drug Abuse;      
		(2)  a community center established under Subchapter A, 
Chapter 534, or a facility operated by a community center; or
		(3)  a facility owned and operated by a nonprofit or 
not-for-profit organization offering counseling concerning family 
violence, help for runaway children, or rape.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.