| 1 | | - | By: King of Taylor (Senate Sponsor - RodrÃguez) H.B. No. 1846 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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| 4 | | - | and Human Services; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | | - | following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1846 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to public comments on federal grants and contracts related |
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| 12 | 6 | | to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 431, Health and Safety |
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| 15 | 9 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 431.250 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | Sec. 431.250. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR FEDERAL GRANTS AND |
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| 17 | 11 | | CONTRACTS. (a) The department shall annually solicit comments |
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| 18 | 12 | | from interested persons regarding the grants and contracts the |
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| 19 | 13 | | department has requested from or entered into with the United |
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| 20 | 14 | | States Food and Drug Administration for implementing the federal |
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| 21 | 15 | | Act and its amendments, including the Food Safety Modernization Act |
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| 22 | 16 | | (21 U.S.C. Section 2201 et seq.). |
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| 23 | 17 | | (b) The department shall solicit comments by posting on the |
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| 24 | 18 | | department's Internet website a detailed description of and |
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| 25 | 19 | | providing notice to interested persons of each grant and contract |
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| 26 | 20 | | described by Subsection (a) requested or entered into during the |
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| 27 | 21 | | previous year. The description and notice must include the |
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| 28 | 22 | | benefits to this state, the department, the regulated community, |
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| 29 | 23 | | and the public. |
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| 30 | 24 | | (c) The department shall respond to questions and comments |
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| 31 | 25 | | about a grant or contract described by Subsection (a) to the best of |
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| 32 | 26 | | the department's knowledge. If an interested person requests that |
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| 33 | 27 | | the department decline to receive future federal funding from the |
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| 34 | 28 | | grant or contract, the department shall consider the request and |
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| 35 | 29 | | determine whether the benefits of the grant or contract outweigh |
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| 36 | 30 | | the person's concerns. |
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| 37 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 32 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 33 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 34 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1846 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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| 35 | + | 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 36 | + | voting. |
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| 37 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1846 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 40 | + | 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 41 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 44 | + | Date |
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| 45 | + | _____________________ |
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| 46 | + | Governor |
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