86R2909 EAS-D

By: Price H.B. No. 1103

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 the Texas Education Agency [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 member appointed to the position held by the former commissioner of aging and disability services or designee as a member of the statewide health coordinating council, in accordance with Section 104.011, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.