Amend HB 2439 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                        
	(1)  In SECTION 6 of the bill, in added Section 533.0359, 
Health and Safety Code (page 7, line 62), between "AUTHORITIES." 
and "In", insert "(a)".
	(2)  In SECTION 6 of the bill, immediately following the text 
of added Section 533.0359, Health and Safety Code (page 7, between 
lines 65 and 66), insert the following:
	(b)  The executive commissioner by rule shall prohibit a 
trustee or employee of a local mental health authority from 
soliciting or accepting from another person a benefit, including a 
security or stock, a gift, or another item of value, that is 
intended to influence the person's conduct of authority business.