By: Patrick S.B. No. 1837
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2009; March 20, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services;
April 17, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 17, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuation of the Texas Bleeding Disorders
Advisory Council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1, Chapter 994 (S.B. 1566), Acts of the
80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended by adding
Subsection (i-1) and amending Subsections (k) and (n) to read as
follows:
(i-1) The commissioner may accept on behalf of the council
gifts, grants, and donations to fulfill the council's purposes
under this section.
(k) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year[,
2008], the council shall report on its findings and recommendations
to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the
house of representatives. The report shall be made public and is
subject to public review and comment before it may be adopted by the
council.
(n) This section expires and the council is abolished
September 1, 2013 [2009].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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