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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sunset review of certain powers and duties |
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performed by the Department of State Health Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.003. SUNSET PROVISION. (a) The Texas Board of |
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Health and the Texas Department of Health were abolished by Section |
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1.26, Chapter 198 (H.B. 2292), Acts of the 78th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2003, and the powers and duties of those entities |
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under this chapter were transferred to other agencies, which are |
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subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless |
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the agencies to which those powers and duties are transferred are |
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continued in existence as provided by that chapter, this chapter |
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expires September 1, 2015. |
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(b) In the review of the Department of State Health Services |
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by the Sunset Advisory Commission, as required by this section and |
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Section 1001.003, the sunset commission shall review the powers and |
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duties exercised by the department under Chapter 108 and determine |
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whether the department, under that chapter, is: |
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(1) achieving the legislature's intent of empowering |
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consumers with information to make informed health care decisions; |
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(2) maintaining appropriate privacy and security |
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standards for patient information; and |
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(3) limiting the patient information the department |
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collects to the information necessary for performing the |
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department's duties under Chapter 108. |
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(c) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall report its |
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findings to the legislature in the report required by Section |
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325.010, Government Code. This subsection and Subsection (b) |
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expire September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 108, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 108.016 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 108.016. SUNSET REVIEW. Unless continued in existence |
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in accordance with Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), |
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after the review required by Section 11.003(b), this chapter |
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expires September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |