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1		-	H.B. No. 4298
	1	+	By: Murr (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 4298
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2019;
	3	+	May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 20, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 20, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4298 By: Perry
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to the licensing of satellite offices of outpatient
6	14		chemical dependency care facilities.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. Section 464.003, Health and Safety Code, is
9	17		amended to read as follows:
10	18		Sec. 464.003. EXEMPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply
11	19		to:
12	20		(1) a facility maintained or operated by the federal
13	21		government;
14	22		(2) a facility directly operated by the state;
15	23		(3) a facility licensed by the department under
16	24		Chapter 241, 243, 248, 466, or 577;
17	25		(4) an educational program for intoxicated drivers;
18	26		(5) the individual office of a private, licensed
19	27		health care practitioner who personally renders private individual
20	28		or group services within the scope of the practitioner's license
21	29		and in the practitioner's office;
22	30		(6) an individual who personally provides counseling
23	31		or support services to a person with a chemical dependency but does
24	32		not offer or purport to offer a chemical dependency treatment
25	33		program;
26	34		(7) a 12-step or similar self-help chemical dependency
27	35		recovery program:
28	36		(A) that does not offer or purport to offer a
29	37		chemical dependency treatment program;
30	38		(B) that does not charge program participants;
31	39		and
32	40		(C) in which program participants may maintain
33	41		anonymity; [or]
34	42		(8) a juvenile justice facility or juvenile justice
35	43		program, as defined by Section 261.405, Family Code; or
36	44		(9) a satellite office or location in which the person
37	45		providing services is operating under the supervision of a licensed
38	46		outpatient care facility and the services delivered at the
39	47		satellite site fall within the scope of the licensure of the
40	48		outpatient care facility.
41	49		SECTION 2. The Department of State Health Services is
42	50		required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
43	51		legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
44	52		the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
45	53		purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a
46	54		provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
47	55		purpose.
48	56		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
49		-	______________________________ ______________________________
50		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
51		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4298 was passed by the House on May 8,
52		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
53		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
54		-	No. 4298 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1,
55		-	2 present, not voting.
56		-	______________________________
57		-	Chief Clerk of the House
58		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4298 was passed by the Senate, with
59		-	amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
60		-	0.
61		-	______________________________
62		-	Secretary of the Senate
63		-	APPROVED: __________________
64		-	Date
65		-	__________________
66		-	Governor
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