Amend CSSB 1579 (senate committee printing) by striking ARTICLE 11 of the bill (page 6, line 28, through page 13, line 2) and substituting the following:
ARTICLE 11. REGIONAL POISON CONTROL CENTER MANAGEMENT CONTROLS AND EFFICIENCY
SECTION 11.01. Section 777.001, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(a) The following medical facilities may be [Six regional centers for poison control are] designated by the Commission on State Emergency Communications as the regional poison control centers for the state [as follows]:
(1) The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston;
(2) the Dallas County Hospital District/North Texas Poison Center;
(3) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio;
(4) the University Medical Center of El Paso, El Paso County Hospital District;
(5) the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo; and
(6) Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, Texas.
(c) The Commission on State Emergency Communications may standardize the operations of and implement management controls to improve the efficiency of regional poison control centers [vote to designate a seventh regional or satellite poison control center in Harris County. That poison control center is subject to all provisions of this chapter and other law relating to regional poison control centers].
(d) If the commission implements management controls under Subsection (c), the commission shall submit to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board a plan for implementing the controls not later than October 31, 2011. This subsection expires January 1, 2013.
SECTION 11.02. Section 777.008(b), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The committee is composed of:
(1) one public member appointed by the Commission on State Emergency Communications;
(2) one member [six members who represent the six regional poison control centers, one] appointed by the chief executive officer of each designated regional poison control center to represent that center;
(3) one member appointed by the commissioner of the Department of State Health Services; and
(4) one member who is a health care professional designated as the poison control program coordinator appointed by the Commission on State Emergency Communications.