79R2363 YDB-D

By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 131



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the lease of equipment and hiring of employees by the 
Department of State Health Services 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 
lease equipment, including tandem mass spectrometers, and hire 
employees necessary to administer this chapter.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than March 1, 2006, the Department of 
State Health Services shall lease nine tandem mass spectrometers 
and employ full-time employees to expand the newborn screening 
program under Chapter 33, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this 
Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.