Amend CSHB 2292 by adding a new SECTION on page 247, line 27 as
follows:
(1) SECTION 2.146. Section 104.011(a), Health and Safety
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The statewide health coordinating council is composed
of 17 members determined as follows:
(1) the commissioner of health and human services or
a representative designated by the commissioner;
(2) the presiding officer of the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board or a representative designated by the
presiding officer;
(3) the presiding officer of the department or a
representative designated by the presiding officer;
(4) the presiding officer of the Texas Health Care
Information Council or a representative designated by the presiding
officer;
(4) [(5)] the presiding officer of the Texas
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation or a
representative designated by the presiding officer; and
(5) [(6)] the following members appointed by the
governor:
(A) three health care professionals from the
allied health, dental, medical, mental health, [nursing,] and
pharmacy professions, no two of whom may be from the same
profession;
(B) one registered nurse;
(C) two representatives of a university or
health-related institution of higher education;
(D) [(C)] one representative of a junior or
community college that has a nursing program;
(E) [(D)] one hospital administrator;
(F) [(E)] one managed care administrator; and
(G) [(F)] four public members.
(2) Renumber remaining SECTIONS appropriately.