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1	1	81R24898 JSC-F
2	2	By: Homer H.B. No. 4517
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4517:
4	4	By: King of Parker C.S.H.B. No. 4517
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to a study on implementing a statewide electronic records
10	10	system for the transmission of records relating to over-the-counter
11	11	sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. (a) The director of the Department of Public
14	14	Safety or the director's designee, the executive director of the
15	15	Texas State Board of Pharmacy or the executive director's designee,
16	16	and the commissioner of state health services or the commissioner's
17	17	designee shall meet as an interagency council to conduct a study on
18	18	the implementation of a statewide electronic records system for the
19	19	transmission of records from business establishments to the
20	20	Department of Public Safety relating to over-the-counter sales of
21	21	ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine under Chapter
22	22	486, Health and Safety Code. The study must examine:
23	23	(1) the feasibility of implementing a statewide
24	24	electronic records system, including the potential cost to this
25	25	state and to business establishments that make over-the-counter
26	26	sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine;
27	27	(2) any existing state infrastructure or resources
28	28	that could be used for the statewide electronic records system;
29	29	(3) the ability of the Department of Public Safety and
30	30	business establishments that make over-the-counter sales of
31	31	ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine to participate
32	32	in the statewide electronic records system;
33	33	(4) the use for law enforcement purposes of
34	34	information collected through the statewide electronic records
35	35	system;
36	36	(5) appropriate standards and data formats to be used
37	37	in the statewide electronic records system to ensure the security
38	38	and uniformity of information transmitted by the system; and
39	39	(6) solutions to deter the illicit manufacturing and
40	40	use of methamphetamine.
41	41	(b) In conducting the study, the interagency council shall
42	42	solicit input from:
43	43	(1) a cross-section of business establishments,
44	44	including pharmacies, that make over-the-counter sales of
45	45	ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine;
46	46	(2) law enforcement agencies;
47	47	(3) the United States Drug Enforcement
48	48	Administration; and
49	49	(4) any other entity that the interagency council
50	50	considers necessary or appropriate.
51	51	(c) Not later than December 1, 2010, the interagency council
52	52	shall submit a report of the results of the study to the
53	53	legislature. The report must include:
54	54	(1) the council's recommendations on the use of any
55	55	existing state infrastructure or resources to support the
56	56	implementation of a statewide electronic records system;
57	57	(2) the estimated cost to this state of implementing
58	58	the electronic records system;
59	59	(3) a description of how information in the electronic
60	60	records system is projected to be used for law enforcement
61	61	purposes; and
62	62	(4) the council's recommendations for future
63	63	legislation regarding the use of a statewide electronic records
64	64	system for the purposes described by this section.
65	65	(d) This Act expires September 1, 2011.
66	66	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
67	67	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
68	68	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
69	69	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
70	70	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.