Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB850 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/13/2023

                    88R8514 MPF-D
 By: Blanco S.B. No. 850


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the composition of the Texas Child Mental Health Care
 Consortium.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 113.0052, Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 113.0052.  COMPOSITION.  The consortium is composed
 of:
 (1)  the following health-related institutions of
 higher education:
 (A)  Baylor College of Medicine;
 (B)  Texas A&M University System Health Science
 Center;
 (C)  Texas Tech University Health Sciences
 Center;
 (D)  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
 at El Paso;
 (E)  University of North Texas Health Science
 Center at Fort Worth;
 (F)  The Dell Medical School at The University of
 Texas at Austin;
 (G)  The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
 Center;
 (H)  The University of Texas Medical Branch at
 Galveston;
 (I)  The University of Texas Health Science Center
 at Houston;
 (J)  The University of Texas Health Science Center
 at San Antonio;
 (K)  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
 School of Medicine;
 (L)  The University of Texas Health Science Center
 at Tyler; and
 (M)  The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
 Center;
 (2)  the commission;
 (3)  the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;
 (4)  three nonprofit organizations that focus on mental
 health care, designated by a majority of the members described by
 Subdivision (1); [and]
 (5)  each regional education service center
 established under Chapter 8, Education Code; and
 (6)  any other entity that the executive committee
 considers necessary.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.