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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain health programs and councils. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) Chapters 38, 46, 83, 86, 90, 91, and 112, |
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Health and Safety Code, are repealed. |
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(b) Section 533.005(a-1), Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. (a) On September 1, 2013, the programs and |
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system established under Chapters 38, 46, 83, 86, 90, and 91, Health |
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and Safety Code, as the laws existed immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, are abolished. |
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(b) On September 1, 2013, any money remaining in the |
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tertiary care account is transferred to the general revenue fund |
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and the account is abolished. |
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(c) The repeal of Chapter 83, Health and Safety Code, by |
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this Act does not affect a cause of action that accrued before the |
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effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. On September 1, 2013: |
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(1) the advisory council established under Section |
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86.003, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, is abolished; |
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(2) all property in the custody of the advisory |
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council is transferred to the Department of State Health Services; |
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and |
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(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of |
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the advisory council are transferred to the Department of State |
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Health Services. |
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SECTION 4. On September 1, 2013: |
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(1) the advisory committee established under Section |
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86.012, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, is abolished; |
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(2) all property in the custody of the advisory |
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committee is transferred to the Department of State Health |
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Services; and |
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(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of |
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the advisory committee are transferred to the Department of State |
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Health Services. |
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SECTION 5. On September 1, 2013: |
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(1) the advisory council established under Section |
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86.103, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, is abolished; |
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(2) all property in the custody of the advisory |
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council is transferred to the Department of State Health Services; |
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and |
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(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of |
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the advisory council are transferred to the Department of State |
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Health Services. |
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SECTION 6. On September 1, 2013: |
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(1) the Border Health Foundation is abolished; |
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(2) all property in the custody of the foundation is |
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transferred to the Department of State Health Services; and |
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(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of |
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the foundation are transferred to the Department of State Health |
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Services. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |