Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1453 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R6167 MCF-D
2	2	By: Dominguez H.B. No. 1453
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the composition and duties of the Public Health Funding
8	8	and Policy Committee.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 117.052, Health and Safety Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 117.052. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS. (a) The commissioner
13	13	shall appoint 10 [nine] members to the committee as follows:
14	14	(1) two regional health directors, each of whom is
15	15	serving as a health authority in a municipality or county;
16	16	(2) one local health entity representative of a
17	17	municipality or county with a population of 50,000 or less;
18	18	(3) one local health entity representative from a
19	19	municipality or county with a population greater than 50,000 but
20	20	less than 250,000;
21	21	(4) one local health entity representative from a
22	22	municipality or county with a population of at least 250,000;
23	23	(5) two local health entity representatives, each of
24	24	whom serves in a municipality or county as the health authority;
25	25	[and]
26	26	(6) two representatives of schools or programs of
27	27	public health at institutions of higher education in this state;
28	28	and
29	29	(7) one representative from the Task Force of Border
30	30	Health Officials established under Chapter 120.
31	31	(a-1) The committee members appointed under Subsection
32	32	(a)(1) are ex officio nonvoting members.
33	33	(b) In making appointments under Subsections (a)(2), (3),
34	34	(4), [and] (5), (6), and (7), the commissioner shall select the
35	35	members from nominations submitted by the entity, institution, or
36	36	task force of which the nominated member is an employee or member
37	37	[associations representing local health departments, county
38	38	governments, and municipal governments].
39	39	SECTION 2. Section 117.053(a), Health and Safety Code, is
40	40	amended to read as follows:
41	41	(a) Committee members serve staggered six-year terms, with
42	42	the terms of three or four members expiring on February 1 of each
43	43	odd-numbered year.
44	44	SECTION 3. Section 117.055, Health and Safety Code, is
45	45	amended to read as follows:
46	46	Sec. 117.055. PRESIDING OFFICER. The presiding officer is
47	47	elected by a majority vote of all the committee members and serves
48	48	for a term of two years.
49	49	SECTION 4. Section 117.056, Health and Safety Code, is
50	50	amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
51	51	(c) The committee shall meet with the Task Force of Border
52	52	Health Officials established under Chapter 120 at least annually
53	53	and at the call of the presiding officers of the committee and the
54	54	task force.
55	55	SECTION 5. Section 117.101, Health and Safety Code, is
56	56	amended to read as follows:
57	57	Sec. 117.101. GENERAL DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. (a) The
58	58	committee shall:
59	59	(1) summarize the scope and type of [define the core]
60	60	public health services provided by [a] local health entities, with
61	61	a focus on differences in the availability of services in urban,
62	62	rural, and border areas of this state [entity should provide in a
63	63	county or municipality];
64	64	(2) monitor the availability of [evaluate] public
65	65	health services in this state, [and] identify the disparity between
66	66	services and funding for those services, and develop
67	67	recommendations to address the disparity [initiatives for areas
68	68	that need improvement];
69	69	(3) recommend [identify all funding sources available
70	70	for use by local health entities to perform core public health
71	71	functions;
72	72	[(4) establish public] health issue [policy]
73	73	priorities for this state and coordinate efforts to address the
74	74	priorities with the department; and
75	75	(4) [(5)] at least biennially [annually], make formal
76	76	recommendations to the department regarding:
77	77	(A) the use and allocation of funds available
78	78	exclusively to local health entities to perform core public health
79	79	functions;
80	80	(B) ways to improve the overall public health of
81	81	citizens in this state;
82	82	(C) methods for transitioning from a contractual
83	83	relationship between the department and the local health entities
84	84	to a cooperative-agreement relationship between the department and
85	85	the local health entities; and
86	86	(D) methods for fostering a continuous
87	87	collaborative relationship between the department and the local
88	88	health entities.
89	89	(b) Recommendations made under Subsection (a)(4)(A)
90	90	[(a)(5)(A)] must be in accordance with:
91	91	(1) prevailing epidemiological evidence, variations
92	92	in geographic and population needs, best practices, and
93	93	evidence-based interventions related to the populations to be
94	94	served;
95	95	(2) state and federal law; and
96	96	(3) federal funding requirements.
97	97	SECTION 6. The heading to Section 117.151, Health and
98	98	Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
99	99	Sec. 117.151. BIENNIAL [ANNUAL] REPORT.
100	100	SECTION 7. Section 117.151(a), Health and Safety Code, is
101	101	amended to read as follows:
102	102	(a) Not [Beginning in 2012, not] later than November 30 of
103	103	each even-numbered year the department shall file a biennial [an
104	104	annual] report with the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the
105	105	speaker of the house of representatives detailing:
106	106	(1) the implementation of the committee's
107	107	recommendations described in Section 117.101(a)(4)
108	108	[117.101(a)(5)]; and
109	109	(2) an explanation of the department's reasons for not
110	110	implementing a recommendation.
111	111	SECTION 8. Section 120.054, Health and Safety Code, is
112	112	amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
113	113	(c) The task force shall meet with the Public Health Funding
114	114	and Policy Committee established under Chapter 117 at least
115	115	annually and at the call of the presiding officers of the task force
116	116	and the committee.
117	117	SECTION 9. As soon as practicable after the effective date
118	118	of this Act, the commissioner of public health of the Department of
119	119	State Health Services shall make the appointment required by
120	120	Section 117.052(a)(7), Health and Safety Code, as added by this
121	121	Act.
122	122	SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.