85R9711 GCB-D
By: Price H.B. No. 2447
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the statewide health coordinating
council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 104.011(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The statewide health coordinating council is composed
of 17 members determined as follows:
(1) the executive commissioner or a representative
designated by the executive commissioner;
(2) the chair of the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board or a representative designated by the presiding
officer;
(3) the commissioner or a representative designated by
the commissioner;
(4) the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency
[aging and disability services] or a representative designated by
the commissioner [of aging and disability services]; and
(5) the following members appointed by the governor:
(A) three health care professionals from the
allied health, dental, medical, mental health, and pharmacy
professions, no two of whom may be from the same profession;
(B) one registered nurse;
(C) two representatives of a university or
health-related institution of higher education;
(D) one representative of a junior or community
college with a nursing program;
(E) one hospital administrator;
(F) one managed care administrator; and
(G) four public members.
SECTION 2. On the effective date of this Act, the
commissioner of the Texas Education Agency or a representative
designated by the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency
replaces the commissioner of aging and disability services or the
representative designated by the commissioner of aging and
disability services as a member of the statewide health
coordinating council, in accordance with Section 104.011, Health
and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, and the commissioner of the
Texas Education Agency shall serve the remainder of the unexpired
term.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.