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By Glaze H.B. No. 1324
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the Board of Public Health.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsections (a), (c), (d), and (i), Section 3,
1-5 Article 4413(504), Revised Statutes, are amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 (a) The board is composed of 12 <six> members appointed by
1-8 the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The
1-9 governor shall annually designate one member to be the chairman and
1-10 one member to be the vice-chairman. The board shall annually elect
1-11 a secretary <presiding officer>.
1-12 (c) Eight <Four> members of the board must have a
1-13 demonstrated interest in the services provided by the department,
1-14 and four <two> members must represent the public.
1-15 (d) A person is not eligible for appointment as a member of
1-16 the board if the person or the person's spouse:
1-17 (1) is a person who is employed by or participates in
1-18 the management of a business entity or other organization regulated
1-19 by the department or receiving a substantial amount of money from
1-20 that department;
1-21 (2) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more
1-22 than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other
1-23 organization regulated by the department or that receives money
1-24 from the department;
2-1 (3) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible
2-2 goods, services, or money from the department, other than
2-3 compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for expenses
2-4 incurred as a board member, or as a client or a parent or guardian
2-5 of a client receiving services from the department; <or>
2-6 (4) is an employee, officer, or paid consultant of a
2-7 trade association in a field under the jurisdiction of the
2-8 department; or
2-9 (5) provides services for the Texas Department of
2-10 Health.
2-11 (i) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms,
2-12 with the terms of four <two> members expiring February 1 of each
2-13 odd-numbered year.
2-14 SECTION 2. Section 4, Article 4413(504), Revised Statutes,
2-15 is amended to read as follows:
2-16 Sec. 4. MEETINGS; QUORUM. (a) The board shall meet at
2-17 least once each quarter <month> and at the call of the chair
2-18 <presiding officer>.
2-19 (b) Eight <Four> members of the board constitute a quorum.
2-20 SECTION 3. The governor shall appoint members to fill the
2-21 vacant positions on the Board of Public Health on or before
2-22 January 1, 1994. Four members of the board shall serve terms
2-23 expiring February 1, 1995, four shall serve terms expiring
2-24 February 1, 1997, and four shall serve terms expiring
2-25 February 1, 1999.
2-26 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-27 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-5 passage, and it is so enacted.
3-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
3-7 Amend HB 1324 by the following:
3-8 Replace SECTION 1 (c) with the following:
3-9 (c) Eight <four> members of the board must have demonstrated
3-10 an interest in the services provided by the department, with one
3-11 physician licensed by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners,
3-12 one physician licensed by the Texas State Board of Medical
3-13 Examiners who is board-certified in pediatrics, one doctor of
3-14 osteopathy licensed by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
3-15 on the basis of the degree Doctor of Osteopathy, one hospital
3-16 administrator, one dentist licensed by the State Board of Dental
3-17 Examiners, one chiropractor licensed by the Texas Board of
3-18 Chiropractic Examiners, one pharmacist licensed by the Texas Board
3-19 of Pharmacy, and one professional nurse registered by the Board of
3-20 Nurse Examiners with a background in public health. Four <and two>
3-21 members must represent the public, with one having a background in
3-22 finance.
3-23 Replace SECTION 3 with the following:
3-24 SECTION 3. The governor shall appoint members to fill the
3-25 vacant positions on the Board of Public Health on or before
3-26 September 1, 1993 <January 1, 1994>. The governor shall designate
3-27 which four members of the board shall serve terms expiring February
4-1 1, 1995, which four shall serve terms expiring February 1, 1997,
4-2 and which four shall serve terms expiring February 1, 1999.
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