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1		-	H.B. No. 3405
	1	+	By: Johnson of Harris, et al. H.B. No. 3405
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Miles)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
	4	+	April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	5	+	Human Services; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	6	+	vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to the establishment of a sickle cell task force.
6	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	14		SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
8	15		amended by adding Chapter 50 to read as follows:
9	16		CHAPTER 50. SICKLE CELL TASK FORCE
10	17		Sec. 50.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE. The executive
11	18		commissioner, in collaboration with the members appointed to the
12	19		Newborn Screening Advisory Committee to represent the sickle cell
13	20		community, shall establish and maintain a task force to raise
14	21		awareness of sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait.
15	22		Sec. 50.002. DUTIES. (a) The task force shall study and
16	23		advise the department on implementing the recommendations made in
17	24		the 2018 Sickle Cell Advisory Committee Report published by the
18	25		Sickle Cell Advisory Committee or any other report the executive
19	26		commissioner determines is appropriate.
20	27		(b) The executive commissioner may assign tasks to the task
21	28		force to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
22	29		Sec. 50.003. COMPOSITION OF TASK FORCE. The task force is
23	30		composed of the following members appointed by the executive
24	31		commissioner:
25	32		(1) two members from community-based organizations
26	33		with experience addressing the needs of individuals with sickle
27	34		cell disease;
28	35		(2) two physicians specializing in hematology;
29	36		(3) two members of the public, each of whom either has
30	37		sickle cell disease or is a parent of a person with sickle cell
31	38		disease or trait; and
32	39		(4) one representative of a health-related
33	40		institution.
34	41		Sec. 50.004. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. The executive
35	42		commissioner shall provide administrative support services at the
36	43		request of the task force.
37	44		Sec. 50.005. PRESIDING OFFICER; MEETINGS. (a) The task
38	45		force shall elect a presiding officer from among its membership.
39	46		(b) The task force shall meet at the call of the presiding
40	47		officer.
41	48		(c) The task force shall hold its first meeting not later
42	49		than December 1, 2019. This subsection expires September 1, 2021.
43	50		Sec. 50.006. COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT; GIFTS, GRANTS,
44	51		AND DONATIONS. A task force member is not entitled to compensation
45	52		for service on the task force but is entitled to reimbursement for
46	53		actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing task force
47	54		duties. The task force may accept gifts, grants, and donations to
48	55		pay for those expenses.
49	56		Sec. 50.007. ANNUAL REPORT. Not later than December 1 of
50	57		each year, the task force shall prepare and submit to the governor
51	58		and the legislature an annual written report that summarizes the
52	59		task force's work and includes any recommended actions or policy
53	60		changes endorsed by the task force.
54	61		SECTION 2. The sickle cell task force is not required to
55	62		comply with the reporting requirements under Section 50.007, Health
56	63		and Safety Code, as added by this Act, until December 1, 2020.
57	64		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
58		-	______________________________ ______________________________
59		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
60		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3405 was passed by the House on April
61		-	17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 18, 2 present, not
62		-	voting.
63		-	______________________________
64		-	Chief Clerk of the House
65		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3405 was passed by the Senate on May
66		-	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
67		-	______________________________
68		-	Secretary of the Senate
69		-	APPROVED: _____________________
70		-	Date
71		-	_____________________
72		-	Governor
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