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Amend SB 80 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate:
SECTION ____. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 325.0076 to read as follows:
Sec. 325.0076. REPORT ON IMPACT OF ANTITRUST LAW ON STATE AGENCY RULES. (a) Not later than September 1, 2019, the Texas Medical Board, Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners, Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors shall:
(1) review the rules adopted by each respective board to identify any rule that may implicate federal antitrust law by limiting competition or impacting prices charged by persons engaged in a profession or business the board regulates; and
(2) submit a report to the commission that:
(A) lists each rule identified under Subdivision (1);
(B) for each rule identified under Subdivision (1), states:
(i) the board's authority to adopt the rule; and
(ii) the purpose of the rule; and
(C) includes statistics regarding any action taken by the board during the preceding five years to enforce each rule identified under Subdivision (1).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall review each agency required to file a report under Subsection (a) during the period in which state agencies scheduled to be reviewed or abolished in 2021 are reviewed, and, unless continued in existence as provided by this chapter, each agency is abolished and the law governing each agency and the law administered by the agency expires September 1, 2021.