86R2909 EAS-D
By: Price H.B. No. 1103
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 the Texas Education Agency [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 member appointed to the position held by the former
commissioner of aging and disability services or designee as a
member of the statewide health coordinating council, in accordance
with Section 104.011, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.