By: Ellis, Moncrief S.B. No. 286
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the creation of the HIV/AIDS Interagency Coordinating
1-2 Council.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 85, Health and Safety Code,
1-5 is amended by adding Section 85.017 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 85.017. HIV/AIDS INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL.
1-7 (a) The HIV/AIDS Interagency Coordinating Council is created to
1-8 facilitate communication between state agencies concerning HIV/AIDS
1-9 policies.
1-10 (b) The council consists of one representative from each of
1-11 the following agencies appointed by the executive director or
1-12 commissioner of each agency:
1-13 (1) the department;
1-14 (2) the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
1-15 Retardation;
1-16 (3) the Texas Department of Human Services;
1-17 (4) the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse;
1-18 (5) the Texas Rehabilitation Commission;
1-19 (6) the Texas Youth Commission;
1-20 (7) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
1-21 (8) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission;
1-22 (9) the Texas Commission for the Blind;
1-23 (10) the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hearing
2-1 Impaired;
2-2 (11) the Department of Protective and Regulatory
2-3 Services;
2-4 (12) the Central Education Agency;
2-5 (13) the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners;
2-6 (14) the Board of Nurse Examiners;
2-7 (15) the Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners; and
2-8 (16) the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.
2-9 (c) All representatives appointed to the council must be
2-10 directly involved in policy or program activities related to AIDS
2-11 and HIV services for their respective agencies.
2-12 (d) The representative from the department serves as
2-13 chairperson of the council.
2-14 (e) The council shall meet at least once each quarter on
2-15 meeting dates set by the council.
2-16 (f) The council shall:
2-17 (1) coordinate communication among the member agencies
2-18 listed in Subsection (b) concerning each agency's programs in
2-19 providing AIDS-related and HIV-related services;
2-20 (2) develop a plan that facilitates coordination of
2-21 agency programs for prevention of AIDS and HIV infection and
2-22 provision of services to individuals with AIDS or infected with
2-23 HIV; and
2-24 (3) develop an annual report to be presented to the
2-25 legislature and the governor containing recommendations and plans
3-1 for coordinated activities that address issues and problems
3-2 involved in AIDS and HIV infection prevention and delivery of
3-3 health services to individuals with AIDS or infected with HIV.
3-4 (g) The council shall establish advisory committees composed
3-5 of representatives from associations, consumer advocates, and
3-6 regulatory agencies, boards, or commissions as needed to assist in
3-7 carrying out its duties under this section.
3-8 (h) The department shall provide administrative support to
3-9 the council.
3-10 SECTION 2. Section 85.003, Health and Safety Code, is
3-11 amended to read as follows:
3-12 Sec. 85.003. DEPARTMENT AS LEAD AGENCY AND PRIMARY RESOURCE.
3-13 The department, in the discharge of its duty to protect the public
3-14 health, shall act as the lead agency for AIDS and HIV policy for
3-15 Texas and is the primary resource for HIV education, prevention,
3-16 risk reduction materials, policies, and information in this state.
3-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
3-18 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.