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.