78R5217 YDB-D

By:  Capelo                                                       H.B. No. 2991



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the purchase of equipment and hiring of employees by the 
Texas Department of Health for newborn screening.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 33.004 to read as follows:
	Sec. 33.004.  EQUIPMENT AND EMPLOYEES.  The department shall 
purchase equipment, including tandem mass spectrometers, and hire 
employees necessary to administer this chapter.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than March 1, 2004, the Texas 
Department of Health shall purchase 10 tandem mass spectrometers 
and employ 18 full-time employees for the newborn screening program 
under Chapter 33, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.