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1	1	By: Duncan S.B. No. 1138
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to regional poison control centers.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 777.001, Health and Safety Code, is
9	9	amended to read as follows:
10	10	Sec. 777.001. REGIONAL POISON CONTROL CENTERS. (a) Six
11	11	regional centers for poison control are designated as the regional
12	12	poison control centers for the state as follows:
13	13	(1) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
14	14	Galveston;
15	15	(2) the Dallas County Hospital District/North Texas
16	16	Poison Center;
17	17	(3) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
18	18	San Antonio;
19	19	(4) R. E. Thomason General Hospital, El Paso County
20	20	Hospital District;
21	21	(5) [Northwest] Texas Tech University Health Sciences
22	22	Center [Hospital, Amarillo Hospital District]; and
23	23	(6) Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, Texas.
24	24	(b) The poison control centers shall coordinate poison
25	25	control activities within the designated health and human services
26	26	regions for the state. The [Texas] Department of State Health
27	27	Services and the [Advisory] Commission on State Emergency
28	28	Communications shall jointly adopt rules designating the region for
29	29	each poison control center. The [Texas] Department of State Health
30	30	Services and the [Advisory] Commission on State Emergency
31	31	Communications may jointly adopt rules permitting poison control
32	32	centers to provide services for regions served by other poison
33	33	control centers in this state as necessary to maximize efficient
34	34	use of resources and provide appropriate services in each region.
35	35	(c) The executive commissioner of the [Texas Board of]
36	36	Health and Human Services Commission may [vote to] designate a
37	37	seventh regional or satellite poison control center in Harris
38	38	County. That poison control center is subject to all provisions of
39	39	this chapter and other law relating to regional poison control
40	40	centers.
41	41	SECTION 2. Section 777.006, Health and Safety Code, is
42	42	amended to read as follows:
43	43	Sec. 777.006. INFORMATION AT BIRTH. The [Texas] Department
44	44	of State Health Services shall assist the regional poison control
45	45	centers in providing informational packets on poison prevention to
46	46	parents of newborns.
47	47	SECTION 3. Sections 777.008 and 777.009, Health and Safety
48	48	Code, are amended to read as follows:
49	49	Sec. 777.008. COORDINATING COMMITTEE. (a) The
50	50	coordinating committee on poison control shall advise the
51	51	Department [Texas Board] of State Health Services and the
52	52	[Advisory] Commission on State Emergency Communications.
53	53	(b) The committee is composed of one public member appointed
54	54	by the executive commissioner [Texas Board] of the Health and Human
55	55	Services Commission, one public member appointed by the [Advisory]
56	56	Commission on State Emergency Communications, and eight [13]
57	57	members appointed by the chief executive officer of each of the
58	58	following entities:
59	59	(1) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
60	60	Galveston;
61	61	(2) the Dallas County Hospital District/North Texas
62	62	Poison Center;
63	63	(3) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
64	64	San Antonio;
65	65	(4) R. E. Thomason General Hospital, El Paso County
66	66	Hospital District;
67	67	(5) [Northwest Texas Hospital, Amarillo Hospital
68	68	District;
69	69	[(6)] Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple,
70	70	Texas;
71	71	(6) [(7) The University of Texas Southwestern
72	72	Medical Center at Dallas;
73	73	[(8) The Texas A&M University Health Science Center;
74	74	[(9)] the Texas Tech University Health Sciences
75	75	Center;
76	76	(7) [(10) the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic
77	77	Laboratory;
78	78	[(11) the Department of Agriculture;
79	79	[(12)] the [Texas] Department of State Health
80	80	Services; and
81	81	(8) [(13)] the [Advisory] Commission on State
82	82	Emergency Communications.
83	83	Sec. 777.009. FUNDING. (a) The [Texas] Department of
84	84	State Health Services and the [Advisory] Commission on State
85	85	Emergency Communications shall establish a program to award grants
86	86	to fund the regional poison control centers.
87	87	(b) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
88	88	Services Commission on behalf of the Department [Texas Board] of
89	89	State Health Services and the [Advisory] Commission on State
90	90	Emergency Communications shall jointly adopt rules to establish
91	91	criteria for awarding the grants. The rules must require the
92	92	agencies to consider:
93	93	(1) the need of the region based on population served
94	94	for poison control services and the extent to which the grant would
95	95	meet the identified need;
96	96	(2) the assurance of providing quality services;
97	97	(3) the availability of other funding sources;
98	98	(4) achieving or maintaining certification as a poison
99	99	control center with the American Association of Poison Control
100	100	Centers;
101	101	(5) maintenance of effort; and
102	102	(6) the development or existence of
103	103	telecommunications systems.
104	104	(c) The [Texas] Department of State Health Services and the
105	105	[Advisory] Commission on State Emergency Communications may
106	106	approve grants according to the [their] jointly adopted rules. A
107	107	grant awarded under this section is governed by Chapter 783,
108	108	Government Code, and the rules adopted under that chapter.
109	109	(d) The [Texas] Department of State Health Services and the
110	110	[Advisory] Commission on State Emergency Communications may accept
111	111	gifts or grants from any source for purposes of this chapter.
112	112	SECTION 4. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 777.010, Health
113	113	and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
114	114	(a) On approval by and in coordination with the governor,
115	115	the [Texas] Department of State Health Services and the [Advisory]
116	116	Commission on State Emergency Communications may jointly enter into
117	117	a contract for the provision of telephone referral and information
118	118	services or any program or service described by Section 777.003 to
119	119	any person, including:
120	120	(1) another state or a political subdivision of
121	121	another state; and
122	122	(2) another country or a political subdivision of
123	123	another country.
124	124	(b) The [Texas] Department of State Health Services and the
125	125	[Advisory] Commission on State Emergency Communications shall
126	126	contract with one or more regional poison control centers to
127	127	provide the services required under a contract entered into under
128	128	Subsection (a). The department and the commission may not enter
129	129	into a contract under this subsection if, in the opinion of the
130	130	department and the commission, the regional poison control center's
131	131	performance of the contract would result in a diminishment in the
132	132	services provided in the region.
133	133	SECTION 5. Section 777.011, Health and Safety Code, is
134	134	repealed.
135	135	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.