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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 a rule adopted by the United 
States Department of Health and Human Services creating a universal 
provider numbering system takes effect [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.