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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Public Health Funding and Policy |
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Committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 117.052(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioner shall appoint 10 [nine] members to the |
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committee as follows: |
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(1) two regional health directors, each of whom is |
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serving as a health authority in a municipality or county; |
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(2) one local health entity representative of a |
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municipality or county with a population of 50,000 or less; |
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(3) one local health entity representative from a |
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municipality or county with a population greater than 50,000 but |
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less than 250,000; |
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(4) one local health entity representative from a |
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municipality or county with a population of at least 250,000; |
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(5) two local health entity representatives, each of |
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whom serves in a municipality or county as the health authority; |
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[and] |
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(6) two representatives of schools of public health at |
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institutions of higher education in this state; and |
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(7) one representative from the department's Office of |
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Border Health. |
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SECTION 2. Section 117.053(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Committee members serve staggered six-year terms, with |
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the terms of three or four members expiring on February 1 of each |
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odd-numbered year. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the commissioner of the Department of State Health |
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Services shall make the appointment required by Section |
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117.052(a)(7), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |