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By:  Delisi (Senate Sponsor - Nelson)                             H.B. No. 3357
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2005; 
May 17, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on Health 
and Human Services; May 20, 2005, reported favorably by the 
following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to certain information required to be contained in an 
application for or renewal of a hospital license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 241.022, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f) to 
read as follows:
	(b)  The application must contain:                                      
		(1)  the name and social security number of the sole 
proprietor, if the applicant is a sole proprietor;
		(2)  the name and social security number of each 
general partner who is an individual, if the applicant is a 
partnership;
		(3)  the name and social security number of any 
individual who has an ownership interest of more than 25 percent in 
the corporation, if the applicant is a corporation; and
		(4)  any other information that the department may 
reasonably require.
	(f)  The department shall post on the department's Internet 
website a list of all of the individuals named in applications as 
required by Subsections (b)(1)-(3).  The department may not post on 
its Internet website a social security number of an individual 
required to be named in an application under Subsections 
(b)(1)-(3).
	SECTION 2.  Section 241.023(b), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	 (b)  A license may be renewed annually after payment of the 
required fee and submission of an application for license renewal 
that contains the information required by Section 241.022(b).
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an application for an original license or a renewal of a license 
submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An application 
for an original license or a renewal of a license submitted before 
the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the 
date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued 
in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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