S.B. No. 869

	AN ACT
	relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy; authorizing
	fees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (e), Section 353.204, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(e)  The Texas State Board of Pharmacy is responsible for
	enforcing this chapter with regard to a violation of this chapter by
	a pharmacist. A violation of this chapter by a pharmacist is
	considered to be a violation of Subtitle J[, other than Chapter
	567].
	SECTION 2.  Section 551.001, Occupations Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 551.001.  SHORT TITLE. This [The chapters of this]
	subtitle[, other than Chapter 567,] may be cited as the Texas
	Pharmacy Act.
	SECTION 3.  Section 551.003, Occupations Code, is amended by
	amending Subdivision (32) and adding Subdivision (32-a) to read as
	follows:
	(32)  "Pharmacy technician" means an individual
	employed by a pharmacy whose responsibility is to provide technical
	services that do not require professional judgment regarding
	preparing and distributing drugs and who works under the direct
	supervision of and is responsible to a pharmacist.  The term does
	not include a pharmacy technician trainee.
	(32-a)  "Pharmacy technician trainee" means an
	individual who is registered with the board as a pharmacy
	technician trainee and is authorized to participate in a pharmacy
	technician training program.
	SECTION 4.  Section 554.002, Occupations Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 554.002.  REGULATION OF PRACTICE OF PHARMACY. The
	board shall regulate the practice of pharmacy in this state by:
	(1)  issuing a license after examination or by
	reciprocity to an applicant qualified to practice pharmacy and
	issuing a license to a pharmacy under this subtitle;
	(2)  renewing a license to practice pharmacy and a
	license to operate a pharmacy;
	(3)  determining and issuing standards for recognizing
	and approving degree requirements of colleges of pharmacy whose
	graduates are eligible for a license in this state;
	(4)  specifying and enforcing requirements for
	practical training, including an internship;
	(5)  enforcing the provisions of this subtitle relating
	to:
	(A)  the conduct or competence of a pharmacist
	practicing in this state and the conduct of a pharmacy operating in
	this state; and
	(B)  the suspension, revocation, retirement, or
	restriction of a license to practice pharmacy or to operate a
	pharmacy or the imposition of an administrative penalty or
	reprimand on a license holder;
	(6)  regulating the training, qualifications, and
	employment of a pharmacist-intern, [and] pharmacy technician, and
	pharmacy technician trainee; and
	(7)  determining and issuing standards for recognizing
	and approving a pharmacy residency program for purposes of
	Subchapter W, Chapter 61, Education Code.
	SECTION 5.  Subsection (b), Section 554.007, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The board may receive and spend money, or use gifts,
	grants, and other funds and assets [from a party, other than the
	state], in addition to money collected under Subsection (a), in
	accordance with state law.
	SECTION 6.  The heading to Section 554.053, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 554.053.  RULEMAKING:  PHARMACY TECHNICIAN AND PHARMACY
	TECHNICIAN TRAINEE.
	SECTION 7.  Subsections (a) and (b), Section 554.053,
	Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board shall establish rules for the use and the
	duties of a pharmacy technician and pharmacy technician trainee in
	a pharmacy licensed by the board. A pharmacy technician and
	pharmacy technician trainee shall be responsible to and must be
	directly supervised by a pharmacist.
	(b)  The board may not adopt a rule establishing a ratio of
	pharmacists to pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician
	trainees in a Class C pharmacy or limiting the number of pharmacy
	technicians or pharmacy technician trainees that may be used in a
	Class C pharmacy.
	SECTION 8.  Section 557.004, Occupations Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 557.004.  LIMITATIONS ON REGISTRATION. (a)  The board
	may:
	(1)  refuse to issue a registration to an applicant; or
	(2)  restrict, suspend, or revoke a pharmacist-intern
	registration for a violation of this subtitle.
	(b)  The board may take disciplinary action against an
	applicant for a pharmacist-intern registration or the holder of a
	current or expired pharmacist-intern registration in the same
	manner as against an applicant for a license or a license holder by
	imposing a sanction authorized under Section 565.051 if the board
	finds that the applicant or registration holder has engaged in
	conduct described by Section 565.001.
	SECTION 9.  Section 559.003, Occupations Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  A person may not renew a license to practice pharmacy if
	the person holds a license to practice pharmacy in another state
	that has been suspended, revoked, canceled, or subject to an action
	that prohibits the person from practicing pharmacy in that state.
	SECTION 10.  Subsection (b), Section 560.052, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  To qualify for a pharmacy license, an applicant must
	submit to the board:
	(1)  a license fee set by the board, except as provided
	by Subsection (d); and
	(2)  a completed application that:
	(A)  is on a form prescribed by the board;
	(B)  is given under oath; [and]
	(C)  includes proof that a license held in this
	state or another state, if applicable, has not been restricted,
	suspended, revoked, or surrendered for any reason; and
	(D)  includes a statement of:
	(i)  the ownership;
	(ii)  the location of the pharmacy;
	(iii)  the license number of each pharmacist
	who is employed by the pharmacy, if the pharmacy is located in this
	state, or who is licensed to practice pharmacy in this state, if the
	pharmacy is a Class E pharmacy;
	(iv)  the license number of the
	pharmacist-in-charge; and
	(v)  any other information the board
	determines necessary.
	SECTION 11.  Section 561.003, Occupations Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  A pharmacy may not renew a license under this section if
	the pharmacy's license to operate in another state has been
	suspended, revoked, canceled, or subject to an action that
	prohibits the pharmacy from operating in that state.
	SECTION 12.  Section 562.012, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 562.012.  SUBSTITUTION OF DOSAGE FORM PERMITTED. With
	the patient's consent [and notification to the practitioner], a
	pharmacist may dispense a dosage form of a drug different from that
	prescribed, such as a tablet instead of a capsule or a liquid
	instead of a tablet, if the dosage form dispensed:
	(1)  contains the identical amount of the active
	ingredients as the dosage prescribed for the patient;
	(2)  is not an enteric-coated or timed release product;
	and
	(3)  does not alter desired clinical outcomes.
	SECTION 13.  Section 562.056, Occupations Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as
	follows:
	(a-1)  To be a valid prescription, a prescription for a
	controlled substance must be issued for a legitimate medical
	purpose by a practitioner acting in the usual course of the
	practitioner's professional practice.  The responsibility for the
	proper prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances is on
	the prescribing practitioner, but a corresponding responsibility
	rests with the pharmacist who fills the prescription.
	(b)  This section [Subsection (a)] does not prohibit a
	pharmacist from dispensing a prescription when a valid
	practitioner-patient relationship is not present in an emergency.
	SECTION 14.  Section 562.103, Occupations Code, is amended
	by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
	follows:
	(b)  A Class A or Class C pharmacy that serves the public
	shall:
	(1)  display the word "pharmacy" or a similar word or
	symbol as determined by the board in a prominent place on the front
	of the pharmacy; and
	(2)  display in public view the license of the
	pharmacist-in-charge of [each pharmacist employed in] the
	pharmacy.
	(c)  A pharmacy shall maintain and make available to the
	public on request proof that each pharmacist, pharmacist-intern,
	pharmacy technician, and pharmacist technician trainee working in
	the pharmacy holds the appropriate license or registration.
	SECTION 15.  Subsection (a), Section 565.001, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board may discipline an applicant for or the holder
	of a current or expired license to practice pharmacy if the board
	finds that the applicant or license holder has:
	(1)  violated this subtitle or a board rule adopted
	under this subtitle;
	(2)  engaged in unprofessional conduct as defined by
	board rule;
	(3)  engaged in gross immorality as defined by board
	rule;
	(4)  developed an incapacity that prevents or could
	prevent the applicant or license holder from practicing pharmacy
	with reasonable skill, competence, and safety to the public;
	(5)  engaged in fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, as
	defined by board rule, in practicing pharmacy or in seeking a
	license to practice pharmacy;
	(6)  been convicted of or placed on deferred
	adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition or the
	applicable federal equivalent for:
	(A)  a misdemeanor:
	(i)  involving moral turpitude; or
	(ii)  under Chapter 481 or 483, Health and
	Safety Code, or the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
	Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.); or
	(B)  a felony;
	(7)  used alcohol or drugs in an intemperate manner
	that, in the board's opinion, could endanger a patient's life;
	(8)  failed to maintain records required by this
	subtitle or failed to maintain complete and accurate records of
	purchases or disposals of drugs listed in Chapter 481 or 483, Health
	and Safety Code, or the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and
	Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.);
	(9)  violated any provision of:
	(A)  Chapter 481 or 483, Health and Safety Code,
	or the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
	(21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.), or rules relating to one of those
	laws; or
	(B)  Section 485.031, 485.032, 485.033, or
	485.034, Health and Safety Code;
	(10)  aided or abetted an unlicensed person in the
	practice of pharmacy if the pharmacist knew or reasonably should
	have known that the person was unlicensed at the time;
	(11)  refused entry into a pharmacy for an inspection
	authorized by this subtitle if the pharmacist received notification
	from which the pharmacist knew or reasonably should have known that
	the attempted inspection was authorized;
	(12)  violated any pharmacy or drug statute or rule of
	this state, another state, or the United States;
	(13)  been negligent in the practice of pharmacy;
	(14)  failed to submit to an examination after hearing
	and being ordered to do so by the board under Section 565.052;
	(15)  dispensed a prescription drug while acting
	outside the usual course and scope of professional practice;
	(16)  been disciplined by a pharmacy board or by
	another health [the] regulatory board of this state or another
	state for conduct substantially equivalent to conduct described
	under this subsection;
	(17)  violated a disciplinary order, including a
	confidential order or contract under the program to aid impaired
	pharmacists and pharmacy students under Chapter 564;
	(18)  failed to adequately supervise a task delegated
	to a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee;
	(19)  inappropriately delegated a task delegated to a
	pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee; [or]
	(20)  been responsible for a drug audit shortage; or
	(21)  been convicted or adjudicated of a criminal
	offense that requires registration as a sex offender under Chapter
	62, Code of Criminal Procedure.
	SECTION 16.  Subsection (c), Section 565.055, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), information or material
	compiled by the board in connection with an investigation may be
	disclosed:
	(1)  during any proceeding conducted by the State
	Office of Administrative Hearings, to the board, or a panel of the
	board, or in a subsequent trial or appeal of a board action or
	order;
	(2)  to a person providing a service to the board,
	including an expert witness, investigator, or employee of an entity
	that contracts with the board, related to a disciplinary proceeding
	against an applicant or license holder, or a subsequent trial or
	appeal, if the information is necessary for preparation for, or a
	presentation in, the proceeding;
	(3)  to an entity in another jurisdiction that:
	(A)  licenses or disciplines pharmacists or
	pharmacies; or
	(B)  registers or disciplines pharmacy
	technicians or pharmacy technician trainees;
	(4)  to a pharmaceutical or pharmacy peer review
	committee as described under Chapter 564;
	(5)  to a law enforcement agency;
	(6)  to a person engaged in bona fide research, if all
	information identifying a specific individual has been deleted; or
	(7)  to an entity that administers a board-approved
	pharmacy technician certification examination [under a court
	order].
	SECTION 17.  Subsection (a), Section 565.101, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person whose pharmacy license, license to practice
	pharmacy, [or] pharmacy technician registration, or pharmacy
	technician trainee registration in this state has been revoked or
	restricted under this subtitle, whether voluntarily or by board
	action, may, after the first anniversary of the effective date of
	the revocation or restriction, petition the board for reinstatement
	or removal of the restriction of the license or registration.
	SECTION 18.  The heading to Chapter 568, Occupations Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 568.  PHARMACY TECHNICIANS AND PHARMACY
	TECHNICIAN TRAINEES
	SECTION 19.  Section 568.001, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 568.001.  RULES; QUALIFICATIONS [RELATING TO PHARMACY
	TECHNICIANS]. (a)  In establishing rules under Section
	554.053(c), the board shall require that:
	(1)  a pharmacy technician:
	(A) [(1)]  have a high school diploma or a high
	school equivalency certificate or be working to achieve an
	equivalent diploma or certificate; and
	(B) [(2)]  have passed a board-approved pharmacy
	technician certification examination; and
	(2)  a pharmacy technician trainee have a high school
	diploma or a high school equivalency certificate or be working to
	achieve an equivalent diploma or certificate.
	(b)  The board shall adopt rules that permit a pharmacy
	technician and pharmacy technician trainee to perform only
	nonjudgmental technical duties under the direct supervision of a
	pharmacist.
	SECTION 20.  Section 568.002, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 568.002.  [PHARMACY TECHNICIAN] REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
	(a)  A person must register with the board before beginning work in
	a pharmacy in this state as a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy
	technician trainee [pharmacy technician must register with the
	board annually or biennially, as determined by board rule, on a form
	prescribed by the board].
	(b)  The board may allow a pharmacy technician to petition
	the board for a special exemption from the pharmacy technician
	certification requirement if the pharmacy technician[:
	[(1)]  is in a county with a population of less than
	50,000[; or
	[(2)     on September 1, 2001, has been employed as a
	pharmacy technician in this state for at least 10 years and the
	technician's employer approves the petition].
	(c)  An applicant for registration as a pharmacy technician
	or a pharmacy technician trainee must:
	(1)  be of good moral character; and
	(2)  submit an application on a form prescribed by the
	board.
	(d)  A person's registration as a pharmacy technician or
	pharmacy technician trainee remains in effect as long as the person
	meets the qualifications established by board rule.
	SECTION 21.  Subsection (a), Section 568.003, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board may take disciplinary action under Section
	568.0035 against an applicant for or the holder of a current or
	expired pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee
	registration if the board determines that the applicant or
	registrant has:
	(1)  violated this subtitle or a rule adopted under
	this subtitle;
	(2)  engaged in gross immorality, as that term is
	defined by the rules of the board;
	(3)  engaged in any fraud, deceit, or
	misrepresentation, as those terms are defined by the rules of the
	board, in seeking a registration to act as a pharmacy technician or
	pharmacy technician trainee;
	(4)  been convicted of or placed on deferred
	adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition or the
	applicable federal equivalent for:
	(A)  a misdemeanor:
	(i)  involving moral turpitude; or
	(ii)  under Chapter 481 or 483, Health and
	Safety Code, or the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
	Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.); or
	(B)  a felony;
	(5)  developed an incapacity that prevents the
	applicant or registrant from practicing as a pharmacy technician or
	pharmacy technician trainee with reasonable skill, competence, and
	safety to the public;
	(6)  violated:
	(A)  Chapter 481 or 483, Health and Safety Code,
	or rules relating to those chapters;
	(B)  Sections 485.031-485.035, Health and Safety
	Code; or
	(C)  a rule adopted under Section 485.011, Health
	and Safety Code;
	(7)  violated the pharmacy or drug laws or rules of this
	state, another state, or the United States;
	(8)  performed duties in a pharmacy that only a
	pharmacist may perform, as defined by the rules of the board;
	(9)  used alcohol or drugs in an intemperate manner
	that, in the board's opinion, could endanger a patient's life;
	(10)  engaged in negligent, unreasonable, or
	inappropriate conduct when working in a pharmacy;
	(11)  violated a disciplinary order;
	(12)  been convicted or adjudicated of a criminal
	offense that requires registration as a sex offender under Chapter
	62, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
	(13)  been disciplined by a pharmacy or other health
	regulatory board of this state or another state for conduct
	substantially equivalent to conduct described by this subsection.
	SECTION 22.  Subsection (a), Section 568.0035, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  On a determination that a ground for discipline exists
	under Section 568.003, the board may:
	(1)  suspend the person's registration;
	(2)  revoke the person's registration;
	(3)  restrict the person's registration to prohibit the
	person from performing certain acts or from practicing as a
	pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee in a particular
	manner for a term and under conditions determined by the board;
	(4)  impose an administrative penalty under Chapter
	566;
	(5)  refuse to issue or renew the person's
	registration;
	(6)  place the offender's registration on probation and
	supervision by the board for a period determined by the board and
	impose a requirement that the registrant:
	(A)  report regularly to the board on matters that
	are the basis of the probation;
	(B)  limit practice to the areas prescribed by the
	board;
	(C)  continue or review professional education
	until the registrant attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the
	board in each area that is the basis of the probation; or
	(D)  pay the board a probation fee to defray the
	costs of monitoring the registrant during the period of probation;
	(7)  reprimand the person;
	(8)  retire the person's registration as provided by
	board rule; or
	(9)  impose more than one of the sanctions listed in
	this section.
	SECTION 23.  Subsection (a), Section 568.0037, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The president of the board shall appoint a disciplinary
	panel consisting of three board members to determine whether a
	registration under this chapter should be temporarily suspended or
	restricted.  If a majority of the panel determines from evidence or
	information presented to the panel that the registrant by
	continuation in practice as a pharmacy technician or pharmacy
	technician trainee would constitute a continuing threat to the
	public welfare, the panel shall temporarily suspend or restrict the
	registration as provided by Subsection (b).
	SECTION 24.  Section 568.004, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 568.004.  RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION. The board may adopt
	a system in which the registrations of pharmacy technicians and
	pharmacy technician trainees expire on various dates during the
	year.
	SECTION 25.  Section 568.005, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 568.005.  FEES. The board may adopt fees as necessary
	for the registration of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy
	technician trainees.
	SECTION 26.  Section 568.006, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 568.006.  RATIO OF PHARMACISTS TO PHARMACY TECHNICIANS
	AND PHARMACY TECHNICIAN TRAINEES. The ratio of pharmacists to
	pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees in a Class A
	pharmacy must be at least one pharmacist for every five pharmacy
	technicians or pharmacy technician trainees if the Class A pharmacy
	dispenses not more than 20 different prescription drugs and does
	not produce intravenous or intramuscular drugs on-site.
	SECTION 27.  The heading to Section 568.008, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 568.008.  PHARMACY TECHNICIANS IN HOSPITALS WITH
	CLINICAL PHARMACY PROGRAM.
	SECTION 28.  Chapter 568, Occupations Code, is amended by
	adding Section 568.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 568.009.  CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR EMPLOYMENT. Not later
	than the 10th day after the date of a change of address or
	employment, a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy technician trainee
	shall notify the board in writing of the change.
	SECTION 29.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 569.001,
	Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Every insurer or other entity providing pharmacist's
	professional liability insurance, pharmacy technician professional
	and supplemental liability insurance, or druggist's professional
	liability insurance covering a pharmacist, pharmacy technician,
	pharmacy technician trainee, or pharmacy license holder in this
	state shall submit to the board the information described in
	Section 569.002 at the time prescribed.
	(c)  If a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, pharmacy
	technician trainee, or pharmacy licensed in this state does not
	carry or is not covered by pharmacist's professional liability
	insurance, pharmacy technician professional and supplemental
	liability insurance, or druggist's professional liability
	insurance and is insured by a nonadmitted carrier or other entity
	providing pharmacy professional liability insurance that does not
	report under this subtitle, the duty to report information under
	Section 569.002 is the responsibility of the pharmacist, pharmacy
	technician, pharmacy technician trainee, or pharmacy license
	holder.
	SECTION 30.  Subsection (a), Section 569.002, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The following information must be furnished to the board
	not later than the 30th day after receipt by the insurer of the
	notice of claim letter or complaint from the insured:
	(1)  the name of the insured and the insured's state
	pharmacy technician registration number, pharmacy technician
	trainee registration number, or pharmacist or pharmacy license
	number;
	(2)  the policy number; and
	(3)  a copy of the notice of claim letter or complaint.
	SECTION 31.  Subsection (b), Section 569.005, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The board shall review the information relating to a
	pharmacist, pharmacy technician, pharmacy technician trainee, or
	pharmacy license holder against whom at least three professional
	liability claims have been reported within a five-year period in
	the same manner as if a complaint against the pharmacist, pharmacy
	technician, pharmacy technician trainee, or pharmacy license
	holder had been made under Chapter 555.
	SECTION 32.  Subsection (i), Section 411.081, Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(i)  A criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history
	record information that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure
	under Subsection (d) to the following noncriminal justice agencies
	or entities only:
	(1)  the State Board for Educator Certification;
	(2)  a school district, charter school, private school,
	regional education service center, commercial transportation
	company, or education shared service arrangement;
	(3)  the Texas Medical Board;
	(4)  the Texas School for the Blind and Visually
	Impaired;
	(5)  the Board of Law Examiners;
	(6)  the State Bar of Texas;
	(7)  a district court regarding a petition for name
	change under Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code;
	(8)  the Texas School for the Deaf;
	(9)  the Department of Family and Protective Services;
	(10)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department [Youth
	Commission];
	(11)  the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
	Services;
	(12)  the Department of State Health Services, a local
	mental health service, a local mental retardation authority, or a
	community center providing services to persons with mental illness
	or retardation;
	(13)  the Texas Private Security Board;
	(14)  a municipal or volunteer fire department;
	(15)  the Texas Board of Nursing;
	(16)  a safe house providing shelter to children in
	harmful situations;
	(17)  a public or nonprofit hospital or hospital
	district;
	(18)  [the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission;
	[(19)]  the securities commissioner, the banking
	commissioner, the savings and mortgage lending commissioner, the
	consumer credit commissioner, or the credit union commissioner;
	(19) [(20)]  the Texas State Board of Public
	Accountancy;
	(20) [(21)]  the Texas Department of Licensing and
	Regulation;
	(21) [(22)]  the Health and Human Services Commission;
	(22) [(23)]  the Department of Aging and Disability
	Services;
	(23) [(24)]  the Texas Education Agency;
	(24) [(25)]  the Guardianship Certification Board;
	(25) [(26)]  a county clerk's office in relation to a
	proceeding for the appointment of a guardian under Chapter XIII,
	Texas Probate Code;
	(26) [(27)]  the Department of Information Resources
	but only regarding an employee, applicant for employment,
	contractor, subcontractor, intern, or volunteer who provides
	network security services under Chapter 2059 to:
	(A)  the Department of Information Resources; or
	(B)  a contractor or subcontractor of the
	Department of Information Resources;
	(27) [(28)]  the Court Reporters Certification Board;
	(28) [(29)]  the Texas Department of Insurance; [and]
	(29) [(30)]  the Teacher Retirement System of Texas;
	and
	(30)  the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
	SECTION 33.  The following provisions of the Occupations
	Code are repealed:
	(1)  Chapter 567; and
	(2)  Section 568.007.
	SECTION 34.  This Act takes effect immediately if it
	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 869 passed the Senate on
	April 11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 22, 2013, by the
	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 869 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 129,
	Nays 5, two present not voting.
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	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
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	Date
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	Governor