By: Kolkhorst (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 595
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
  May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
  and Human Services; May 17, 2013, reported adversely, with
  favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 595 By:  Nelson
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to certain health programs and councils.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 533.005(a-1), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a-1)  The requirements imposed by Subsections (a)(23)(A),
  (B), and (C) do not apply, and may not be enforced, on and after
  August 31, 2018 [2013].
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Chapters 38, 46, 83, 90, and 91, Health and
  Safety Code, are repealed.
         (b)  Subchapters A and C, Chapter 86, Health and Safety Code,
  are repealed.
         (c)  Sections 86.011 and 86.012, Health and Safety Code, are
  repealed.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  On September 1, 2013, the programs and
  system established under Chapters 38, 46, 83, 86, 90, and 91, Health
  and Safety Code, as the laws existed immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, are abolished.
         (b)  On September 1, 2013, any money remaining in the
  tertiary care account is transferred to the general revenue fund
  and the account is abolished.
         (c)  The repeal of Chapter 83, Health and Safety Code, by
  this Act does not affect a cause of action that accrued before the
  effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
  immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  On September 1, 2013:
               (1)  the advisory council established under Section
  86.003, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately
  before the effective date of this Act, is abolished;
               (2)  all property in the custody of the advisory
  council is transferred to the Department of State Health Services;
  and
               (3)  all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of
  the advisory council are transferred to the Department of State
  Health Services.
         SECTION 5.  On September 1, 2013:
               (1)  the advisory committee established under Section
  86.012, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately
  before the effective date of this Act, is abolished;
               (2)  all property in the custody of the advisory
  committee is transferred to the Department of State Health
  Services; and
               (3)  all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of
  the advisory committee are transferred to the Department of State
  Health Services.
         SECTION 6.  On September 1, 2013:
               (1)  the advisory council established under Section
  86.103, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately
  before the effective date of this Act, is abolished;
               (2)  all property in the custody of the advisory
  council is transferred to the Department of State Health Services;
  and
               (3)  all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of
  the advisory council are transferred to the Department of State
  Health Services.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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