Amend CSSB 213 on page 4, after line 64, by striking SECTIONS 6 and 7 of the bill and substituting the following:
SECTION 6. Section 501.131, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 501.131. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this subchapter:
(1) "Committee" [,"committee"] means the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee.
(2) "Contracting entity" means an entity that contracts with the department to provide health care services under this chapter.
(3) "Medical school" means the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the Baylor College of Medicine, the college of osteopathic medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, or the Texas A&M University Medical Program.
SECTION 7. Section 501.133, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(a) The committee consists of nine [five] voting members and one nonvoting member as follows:
(1) one member employed full-time by the department, appointed by the executive director;
(2) two members who are physicians, each of whom is [one member who is a physician and] employed full-time by a medical school [The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston], appointed by the governor [president of the medical branch];
(3) one member who is a physician and employed full-time by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, appointed by the president of the university;
(4) one member who is a physician and employed full-time by the University of Texas Medical Branch, appointed by the president of the medical branch;
(5) two members appointed by the governor who are licensed mental health professionals;
(6) two public members appointed by the governor who are not affiliated with the department or with any contracting entity [with which the committee has contracted to provide health care services under this chapter], at least one of whom is licensed to practice medicine in this state; and
(7) the state Medicaid director or a person employed full-time by the Health and Human Services Commission and appointed by the Medicaid director, to serve ex officio as a nonvoting member.
(c) A committee member appointed under Subsection (a)(6) shall assist the department with developing the expertise needed to accurately assess health care costs and determine appropriate rates.