By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 970
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the repeal of certain provisions related to health and
  human services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a)  Section 38.064, Education Code, is
  repealed.
         (b)  The following provisions of the Health and Safety Code
  are repealed:
               (1)  Chapter 39;
               (2)  Sections 43.003(a)(3), (4), and (5);
               (3)  Sections 43.004(a), (b), (c), and (f);
               (4)  Section 43.006;
               (5)  Section 43.007;
               (6)  Section 43.008;
               (7)  Section 43.009;
               (8)  Section 43.010;
               (9)  Section 43.011;
               (10)  Section 43.012;
               (11)  Section 43.013;
               (12)  Section 43.014;
               (13)  Section 81.307;
               (14)  Section 92.003;
               (15)  Section 92.010;
               (16)  Section 94.004;
               (17)  Subchapter B, Chapter 95;
               (18)  Chapter 97;
               (19)  Section 104.0156;
               (20)  Section 105.007;
               (21)  Section 146.0021;
               (22)  Section 146.022;
               (23)  Section 146.023;
               (24)  Section 146.024;
               (25)  Section 146.025;
               (26)  Section 161.353;
               (27)  Section 168.010;
               (28)  Section 431.408;
               (29)  Subchapter O, Chapter 431; and
               (30)  Section 673.004.
         (c)  Chapter 131, Human Resources Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 2.  Section 43.003(a)(2), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Oral health services" means[:
                     [(A)  preventive or treatment services affecting
  the structures of the mouth, including the hard and soft tissues
  such as teeth, jaws, gums, vestibule, tongue, cheeks, lips, floor
  and roof of the mouth, and adjacent masticatory structures; and
                     [(B)] oral health education and promotion
  activities.
         SECTION 3.  Section 43.004(d), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The department may establish an oral health services
  program that may consist of all or any combination of the following:
               (1)  [treatment services for eligible individuals,
  including:
                     [(A)  emergency care for relief of pain and
  infection, including extractions and basic restorative services to
  prevent premature loss of teeth;
                     [(B)  periodontal therapy for the prevention and
  treatment of periodontal disease;
                     [(C)  endodontics to maintain aesthetics and
  occlusion;
                     [(D)  orthodontic care only in cases of severely
  handicapping malocclusion; and
                     [(E)  oral surgery and prosthetics in cases in
  which health is impaired;
               [(2)] a program of oral disease prevention, including:
                     (A)  the fluoridation of community water
  supplies;
                     (B)  fluoride mouth rinse programs in schools; and
                     (C)  the promotion and implementation of sealants
  programs; [and
                     [(D)  the development of appropriate means for
  prevention of oral disease, including the continued use of
  recognized methods of primary, secondary, and tertiary
  prevention;]
               (2) [(3)]  oral health education and promotion,
  including:
                     (A)  public health education to promote the
  prevention of oral disease through self-help methods, including the
  initiation and expansion of preschool, school age, and adult
  education programs;
                     (B)  organized continuing health education
  training programs for health care providers; and
                     (C)  preventive health education information for
  the public; and
               (3) [(4)]  facilitation of access to oral health
  services, including:
                     (A)  the improvement of the existing oral health
  services delivery system for the provision of services to
  low-income residents;
                     (B)  outreach activities to inform the public of
  the type and availability of oral health services to increase the
  accessibility of oral health care for low-income residents; and
                     (C)  assistance and cooperation in promoting
  better distribution of dentists and other oral health professionals
  throughout the state.
         SECTION 4.  Section 101.008, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.008.  DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.  The department shall:
               (1)  provide administrative assistance, services, and
  materials to the council;
               (2)  accept, deposit, and disburse funds made available
  to the council at the direction of the executive commissioner;
               (3)  accept gifts and grants on behalf of the council
  from any public or private entity; and
               (4)  [maintain a population data base of persons with
  Alzheimer's disease and related disorders in this state; and
               [(5)]  apply for and receive on behalf of the council
  any appropriations, gifts, or other funds from the state or federal
  government or any other public or private entity, subject to
  limitations and conditions prescribed by legislative
  appropriation.
         SECTION 5.  Section 146.005, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 146.005.  FEES. The executive commissioner by rule
  shall set license [and registration fees] and license [and
  registration] renewal fees in amounts necessary [for the
  department] to administer this chapter.
         SECTION 6.  Section 146.021(c), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  If the license [or registration] holder cannot be
  located for a notice required under this section, the department
  shall provide notice by posting a copy of the order on the front
  door of the premises of the license holder [or the premises where
  the registration holder is employed].
         SECTION 7.  Section 161.0074(c), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The report must:
               (1)  include the current immunization rates by
  geographic region of the state, where available;
               (2)  focus on the geographic regions of the state with
  immunization rates below the state average for preschool children;
               (3)  describe the approaches identified to increase
  immunization rates in underserved areas and the estimated cost for
  each;
               (4)  identify changes to department procedures needed
  to increase immunization rates;
               (5)  identify the services provided under and
  provisions of contracts entered into by the department to increase
  immunization rates in underserved areas;
               (6)  identify performance measures used in contracts
  described by Subdivision (5);
               (7)  include the number and type of exemptions used in
  the past year;
               (8)  include the number of complaints received by the
  department related to the department's failure to comply with
  requests for exclusion of individuals from the registry;
               (9)  identify all reported incidents of discrimination
  for requesting exclusion from the registry or for using an
  exemption for a required immunization; and
               (10)  [include department recommendations about the
  best way to use, and communicate with, local registries in the
  state; and
               [(11)]  include ways to increase provider
  participation in the registry.
         SECTION 8.  Section 161.352(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Each manufacturer shall file with the department an
  annual report for each cigarette or tobacco product distributed in
  this state, stating[:
               [(1)]  the identity of each ingredient in the cigarette
  or tobacco product, listed in descending order according to weight,
  measure, or numerical count, other than:
               (1) [(A)]  tobacco;
               (2) [(B)]  water; or
               (3) [(C)]  a reconstituted tobacco sheet made wholly
  from tobacco[; and
               [(2)  a nicotine yield rating for the cigarette or
  tobacco product established under Section 161.353].
         SECTION 9.  Sections 431.4031(a) and (b), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A wholesale distributor that distributes prescription
  drugs that are medical gases or a wholesale distributor that is a
  manufacturer or a third-party logistics provider on behalf of a
  manufacturer is exempt from Sections 431.404(a)(5) and (6), (b),
  and (c), 431.4045(2), 431.405, and 431.407[, and 431.408].
         (b)  A state agency or a political subdivision of this state
  that distributes prescription drugs using federal or state funding
  to nonprofit health care facilities or local mental health or
  mental retardation authorities for distribution to a pharmacy,
  practitioner, or patient is exempt from Sections 431.405(b),
  431.407, [431.408,] 431.412, and 431.413.
         SECTION 10.  On the effective date of this Act:
               (1)  the following are abolished:
                     (A)  the children's outreach heart program;
                     (B)  the oral health improvement services
  program;
                     (C)  the arthritis control and prevention
  program;
                     (D)  the health care information technology
  advisory committee;
                     (E)  the diabetes intervention pilot program;
                     (F)  the prescription drug donation pilot
  program; and
                     (G)  the Health and Human Services Office of
  Community Transportation Services;
               (2)  any remaining obligations, rights, contracts,
  records, real and personal property, funds, appropriations, and
  money of the children's outreach heart program, the arthritis
  control and prevention program, the oral health improvement
  services program, the diabetes intervention pilot program, and the
  prescription drug donation pilot program are transferred to the
  Department of State Health Services;
               (3)  any remaining obligations, rights, contracts,
  records, real and personal property, funds, appropriations, and
  money of the health care information technology advisory committee
  are transferred to the statewide health coordinating council under
  Subchapter B, Chapter 104, Health and Safety Code; and
               (4)  any remaining obligations, rights, contracts,
  records, real and personal property, funds, appropriations, and
  money of the Health and Human Services Office of Community
  Transportation Services are transferred to the Health and Human
  Services Commission.
         SECTION 11.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.