Amend CSHB 1748 as follows:
(1) In Subsection (a)(1) of SECTION 1 of the bill, strike
"facilities, including the mycobacterial-mycology research
laboratory facilities," and substitute "facilities" (Senate
Committee Printing, page 1, lines 17 through 19).
(2) In Subsection (a)(2) of SECTION 1 of the bill, strike
"facilities, including mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory
facilities," and substitute "facilities" (Senate Committee
Printing, page 1, lines 20 through 21).
(3) In Subsection (b)(3) of SECTION 1 of the bill, between
"public health," and "women's health", insert "and" (Senate
Committee Printing, page 1, line 35).
(4) In Subsection (b)(3) of SECTION 1 of the bill, strike
"services, and mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory services"
and substitute "services" (Senate Committee Printing, page 1, lines
36 through 37).
(5) In Subsection (c)(1) of SECTION 1 of the bill, between
"public health," and "women's health", insert "and" (Senate
Committee Printing, page 1, line 46).
(6) In Subsection (c)(1) of SECTION 1 of the bill, strike
"services, and mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory services"
and substitute "services" (Senate Committee Printing, page 1, line
47).
(7) Following SECTION 2 of the bill and before SECTION 3 of
the bill (Senate Committee Printing, page 2, between lines 5 and
6), insert a new SECTION 3 to read as follows and renumber existing
SECTIONS 3-10 as SECTIONS 4-11, respectively:
SECTION 3. MYCOBACTERIAL-MYCOLOGY RESEARCH LABORATORY. (a)
The Texas Board of Health shall contract for:
(1) renovation of the existing physical facilities of
the mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory located at the Texas
Center for Infectious Disease;
(2) construction of new physical facilities for the
mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory located at the Texas
Center for Infectious Disease; or
(3) construction of physical facilities by The
University of Texas System, if the board of regents of The
University of Texas System agrees to the terms of the contract, for
a mycobaterial-mycology research laboratory located at The
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to replace
the laboratory located at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease.
(b) The physical facilities constructed under Subsection (a)
must be adequate for the provision of all mycobacterial-mycology
laboratory services provided on the effective date of this Act by
the mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory located at the Texas
Center for Infectious Disease.
(c) If the Texas Board of Health contracts with the board of
regents of The University of Texas System for the construction of
physical facilities under Subsection (a)(3), the board of regents
of The University of Texas System shall manage and operate the
mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory at The University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
(d) If the Texas Board of Health contracts with the board of
regents of The University of Texas System for the construction of
physical facilities under Subsection (a)(3), the Texas Board of
Health and the board of regents of The University of Texas System
shall adopt a joint memorandum of understanding to facilitate and
coordinate the transfer of the mycobacterial-mycology research
laboratory services from the Texas Center for Infectious Disease to
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The
memorandum shall coordinate the transfer of mycobacterial-mycology
research laboratory employees from the Texas Department of Health
to The University of Texas System.
(e) On a date provided by a memorandum of understanding
under Subsection (d) between the Texas Board of Health and the
board of regents of The University of Texas System:
(1) the mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory at
the Texas Center for Infectious Disease shall close;
(2) all powers, duties, functions, programs, and
activities of the Texas Department of Health that relate to the
management or operation of the mycobacterial-mycology research
laboratory at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease are
transferred to The University of Texas System and the
mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory at The University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, as appropriate;
(3) all rights, contracts, records, and property in
the custody of the Texas Department of Health that relate to the
management or operation of the mycobacterial-mycology research
laboratory at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease and all funds
appropriated by the legislature to the Texas Department of Health
that relate to the management or operation of the
mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory are transferred to The
University of Texas System; and
(4) a reference in law to the Texas Department of
Health or the Texas Board of Health that relates to the management
or operation of the mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory
means The University of Texas System or The University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio, as appropriate.
(f) Before a transfer of the mycobacterial-mycology research
laboratory services under a memorandum of understanding under
Subsection (d) occurs, the board of regents of The University of
Texas System shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the
operation, control, and management of the mycobacterial-mycology
research laboratory at The University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio that will take effect when the transfer
occurs.
(8) Strike Subsection (a) of existing SECTION 5 of the bill
(Senate Committee Printing, page 2, lines 39 through 46), and
substitute the following:
(a) To the extent possible out of available funds appropriated to
the Texas Department of Health, the department shall reassign a
member of the employee class of the department who is employed at
the Texas Center for Infectious Disease to an open position within
the department for which the member is qualified if the member's
employment position is displaced as a result of:
(1) a contract entered into by the Texas Department of
Health under this Act; or
(2) a transfer of the mycobacterial-mycology research
laboratory from the Texas Center for Infectious Disease to The
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, if the
Texas Board of Health contracts with the board of regents of The
University of Texas System for the construction of physical
facilities for the laboratory.
(9) In existing SECTION 7 of the bill, between "SCHEDULE."
and "Not later than", insert "(a)" (Senate Committee Printing, page
2, line 63).
(10) Following existing SECTION 7 of the bill and before
existing SECTION 8 of the bill (Senate Committee Printing, page 2,
between lines 65 and 66), insert the following:
(b) Not later than September 1, 2000, the Texas Board of
Health and the board of regents of The University of Texas System
shall adopt the joint memorandum of understanding required by this
Act if the Texas Board of Health contracts with the board of
regents of The University of Texas System for the construction of
physical facilities for the mycobacterial-mycology research
laboratory.
(11) In existing SECTION 8 of the bill, strike added
Subsection (a) of Section 814.1042, Government Code (Senate
Committee Printing, page 3, lines 1 through 7), and substitute the
following:
(a) This section applies only to members of the employee class
whose positions with the Texas Department of Health at the Texas
Center for Infectious Disease are eliminated and who separate from
state service as a result of:
(1) a contract with the board of regents of The
University of Texas System or any other health care entity or
provider entered into on or after the effective date of this
section and on or before September 1, 2000; or
(2) a transfer of the mycobacterial-mycology research
laboratory to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio, if the Texas Board of Health contracts with the board of
regents of The University of Texas System for the construction of
physical facilities for the laboratory.