By: Blanco, Miles S.B. No. 850

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium.

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

SECTION 1. Section 113.0052, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 113.0052. COMPOSITION. The consortium is composed of:

(1) the following health-related institutions of higher education:

(A) Baylor College of Medicine;

(B) Texas A&M University System Health Science Center;

(C) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center;

(D) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso;

(E) University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth;

(F) The Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin;

(G) [The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center;

[(H)] The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston;

(H) [(I)] The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston;

(I) [(J)] The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio;

(J) [(K)] The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine;

(K) [(L)] The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler; and

(L) [(M)] The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center;

(2) the commission;

(3) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;

(4) three nonprofit organizations that focus on mental health care, designated by a majority of the members described by Subdivision (1); [and]

(5) each regional education service center established under Chapter 8, Education Code, that the executive commissioner identifies as a center predominately serving school districts classified as rural by the National Center for Education Statistics of the United States Department of Education; and

(6) any other entity that the executive committee considers necessary.

SECTION 2. Section 113.0101(a), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The consortium is governed by an executive committee composed of the following members:

(1) the chair of the academic department of psychiatry of each of the health-related institutions of higher education listed in Section 113.0052(1) or a licensed psychiatrist, including a child-adolescent psychiatrist, designated by the chair to serve in the chair's place;

(2) a representative of the commission with expertise in the delivery of mental health care services, appointed by the executive commissioner;

(3) a representative of the commission with expertise in mental health facilities, appointed by the executive commissioner;

(4) a representative of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, appointed by the commissioner of the coordinating board;

(5) a representative of each nonprofit organization described by Section 113.0052(4) that is part of the consortium, designated by a majority of the members described by Subdivision (1);

(6) a representative of a hospital system in this state, designated by a majority of the members described by Subdivision (1); [and]

(7) a representative selected from among the regional education service centers described by Section 113.0052(5), appointed by the executive commissioner; and

(8) any other representative designated:

(A) under Subsection (b); or

(B) by a majority of the members described by Subdivision (1) at the request of the executive committee.

SECTION 3. Section 113.0102, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 113.0102. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the executive committee shall establish:

(1) the terms of executive committee members; and

(2) procedures for the reappointment of members.

(b) An executive committee member described by Section 113.0101(a)(7) serves a two-year term and is eligible for reappointment.

(c) A vacancy on the executive committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.