85R9711 GCB-D

By: Price H.B. No. 2447

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the composition of the statewide health coordinating council.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 104.011(a), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The statewide health coordinating council is composed of 17 members determined as follows:

(1) the executive commissioner or a representative designated by the executive commissioner;

(2) the chair of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or a representative designated by the presiding officer;

(3) the commissioner or a representative designated by the commissioner;

(4) the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency [aging and disability services] or a representative designated by the commissioner [of aging and disability services]; and

(5) the following members appointed by the governor:

(A) three health care professionals from the allied health, dental, medical, mental health, and pharmacy professions, no two of whom may be from the same profession;

(B) one registered nurse;

(C) two representatives of a university or health-related institution of higher education;

(D) one representative of a junior or community college with a nursing program;

(E) one hospital administrator;

(F) one managed care administrator; and

(G) four public members.

SECTION 2. On the effective date of this Act, the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency or a representative designated by the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency replaces the commissioner of aging and disability services or the representative designated by the commissioner of aging and disability services as a member of the statewide health coordinating council, in accordance with Section 104.011, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, and the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.