By: Kolkhorst (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 595
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 17, 2013, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 595 By: Nelson
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain health programs and councils.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 533.005(a-1), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a-1) The requirements imposed by Subsections (a)(23)(A),
(B), and (C) do not apply, and may not be enforced, on and after
August 31, 2018 [2013].
SECTION 2. (a) Chapters 38, 46, 83, 90, and 91, Health and
Safety Code, are repealed.
(b) Subchapters A and C, Chapter 86, Health and Safety Code,
are repealed.
(c) Sections 86.011 and 86.012, Health and Safety Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 3. (a) On September 1, 2013, the programs and
system established under Chapters 38, 46, 83, 86, 90, and 91, Health
and Safety Code, as the laws existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, are abolished.
(b) On September 1, 2013, any money remaining in the
tertiary care account is transferred to the general revenue fund
and the account is abolished.
(c) The repeal of Chapter 83, Health and Safety Code, by
this Act does not affect a cause of action that accrued before the
effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. On September 1, 2013:
(1) the advisory council established under Section
86.003, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately
before the effective date of this Act, is abolished;
(2) all property in the custody of the advisory
council is transferred to the Department of State Health Services;
and
(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of
the advisory council are transferred to the Department of State
Health Services.
SECTION 5. On September 1, 2013:
(1) the advisory committee established under Section
86.012, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately
before the effective date of this Act, is abolished;
(2) all property in the custody of the advisory
committee is transferred to the Department of State Health
Services; and
(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of
the advisory committee are transferred to the Department of State
Health Services.
SECTION 6. On September 1, 2013:
(1) the advisory council established under Section
86.103, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately
before the effective date of this Act, is abolished;
(2) all property in the custody of the advisory
council is transferred to the Department of State Health Services;
and
(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of
the advisory council are transferred to the Department of State
Health Services.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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