84R23240 SCL-D
 
  By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 1846
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1846:
 
  By:  Rinaldi C.S.H.B. No. 1846
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to public comments on federal grants and contracts related
  to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter K, Chapter 431, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 431.250 to read as follows:
         Sec. 431.250.  PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR FEDERAL GRANTS AND
  CONTRACTS. (a) The department shall annually solicit comments
  from interested persons regarding the grants and contracts the
  department has requested from or entered into with the United
  States Food and Drug Administration for implementing the federal
  Act and its amendments, including the Food Safety Modernization Act
  (21 U.S.C. Section 2201 et seq.).
         (b)  The department shall solicit comments by posting on the
  department's Internet website a detailed description of and
  providing notice to interested persons of each grant and contract
  described by Subsection (a) requested or entered into during the
  previous year. The description and notice must include the
  benefits to this state, the department, the regulated community,
  and the public.
         (c)  The department shall respond to questions and comments
  about a grant or contract described by Subsection (a) to the best of
  the department's knowledge. If an interested person requests that
  the department decline to receive future federal funding from the
  grant or contract, the department shall consider the request and
  determine whether the benefits of the grant or contract outweigh
  the person's concerns.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.