HBA-JRA H.B. 2636 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2636 By: Gray Public Health 7/22/1999 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE State law authorizes the Texas Department of Health (TDH) to establish a registry for persons who are required to comply with certain portions of the Medical Radiologic Technologist Certification Act. According to an attorney general opinion, the law, prior to the 76th Legislature, prohibited TDH from collecting a fee to add people to this registry. Therefore, TDH's additional workload was unfunded. H.B. 2636 authorizes TDH to set fees to cover the costs of registering non-certified technicians and granting hardship exemptions. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 2.09, Article 4512m, V.T.C.S. (Medical Radiologic Technologist Certification Act), as follows: (d) Authorizes the Texas Board of Health (board) to set fees to register a person required to comply with Section 2.05(f) of this Act, regarding mandatory training guidelines, or to process an application under Section 2.05(i) of this Act for a hardship exemption from the registration requirement. Makes conforming changes. (e) Requires the board to set fees under Subsection (d), rather than the fees, in amounts that are reasonable to cover the costs of administering this Act without the use of additional general revenue funds. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.