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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to membership of the Texas opioid abatement fund council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 403.503(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The council is composed of the following 14 members: |
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(1) six regional members, appointed by the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, who are |
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from academia or the medical profession with significant experience |
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in opioid interventions and who each are appointed to represent one |
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of the following groups of regional health care partnership |
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regions: |
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(A) regions 9 and 10; |
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(B) region 3; |
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(C) regions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 19; |
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(D) regions 6, 7, 8, and 16; |
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(E) regions 1, 2, 17, and 18; and |
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(F) regions 4, 5, and 20; |
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(2) four members who are current or retired health |
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care professionals holding or formerly holding a license under |
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Title 3, Occupations Code, with significant experience in treating |
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opioid-related harms and who are appointed as follows: |
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(A) one member appointed by the governor; |
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(B) one member appointed by the lieutenant |
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governor; |
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(C) one member appointed by the speaker of the |
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house of representatives; and |
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(D) one member appointed by the attorney general; |
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(3) one member who is employed by a hospital district |
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and is appointed by the governor; |
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(4) one member who is employed by a hospital district |
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and is appointed by the attorney general; |
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(5) one member appointed by the governor and who is a |
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member of a law enforcement agency and has experience with |
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opioid-related harms; |
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(6) one member with lived experience in substance use |
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recovery and is appointed by the Behavioral Health Advisory |
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Committee established by the Health and Human Services Commission; |
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and |
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(7) [(6)] one nonvoting member who serves as the |
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presiding officer of the council and is the comptroller or the |
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comptroller's designee. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |