04/16/1997 03:20 PM House L&C

 HB 217 - CERTIFIED NURSE AIDES                                                
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG announced the first order of business was House             
 Bill No. 217, "An Act relating to certified nurse aides; and                  
 providing for an effective date."                                             
                                                                               
 REPRESENTATIVE JOE RYAN made a motion to rescind the committee's              
 action of April 14, 1997, moving the bill out of committee.  There            
 being no objection, version 0-LS0737\B, Lauterbach, 4/9/97, as                
 amended, was back before the committee.                                       
                                                                               
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 REPRESENTATIVE RYAN made a further motion to rescind the                      
 committee's action regarding the amendment changing the title.  He            
 said he didn't believe that action was appropriate because it                 
 affected the bill.                                                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
 REPRESENTATIVE ROKEBERG specified that the motion was to rescind              
 the committee's action adopting Amendment 1, relating to the title            
 change and the language on page 7, line 27.  He noted that                    
 Representative Brice was now in attendance.  He asked whether there           
 was any objection to rescinding that action.                                  
                                                                               
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 REPRESENTATIVE JERRY SANDERS objected to find out the reason.                 
                                                                               
 REPRESENTATIVE RYAN said changing the title causes problems and               
 makes it quite a bit different from the companion bill in the                 
 Senate.  On reflection, it wasn't really necessary to do.                     
                                                                               
 REPRESENTATIVE TOM BRICE said it violates the single-subject rule.            
                                                                               
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 CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG agreed and noted there was a related memorandum             
 from the Division of Legal and Research Services discussing                   
 deletion of Section 16 and the single-subject rule.                           
                                                                               
 REPRESENTATIVE SANDERS withdrew his objection.                                
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG announced that there being no objection, the                
 adoption of Amendment 1 was rescinded.  He noted that                         
 Representative Hudson was now in attendance.                                  
                                                                               
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 REPRESENTATIVE RYAN made a motion to delete Section 16.  He said              
 this is language that the Office of the Attorney General had                  
 advised them to include in case of any problem down the road.  It             
 is not really applicable and perhaps causes further problems with             
 the single-subject rule relating to the title.                                
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG called that "conceptual Amendment 3."  He asked             
 whether there was any objection.  There being none, conceptual                
 Amendment 3 was adopted.                                                      
                                                                               
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 REPRESENTATIVE RYAN made a motion to move the bill, as amended, out           
 of committee, with individual recommendations and accompanying                
 fiscal notes.  There being no objection, CSHB 217(L&C) moved from             
 the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.