By: Nelson S.B. No. 1356
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption of rules restricting the use of a medical
practitioner's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2, Chapter 1266, Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. The director of the Department of Public Safety of
the State of Texas shall adopt the rules required by Section
481.003(b) [481.003], Health and Safety Code, not earlier than the
180th day after, and [as amended by this Act,] not later than the
first anniversary of, the date on which compliance with a rule
adopted by the United States Department of Health and Human
Services creating a universal provider numbering system is required
[January 1, 2003]. A rule adopted by the director of the Department
of Public Safety under this Act takes effect on adoption [January 1,
2003].
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.