S.B. No. 850
AN ACT
relating to 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;
(H) [(I)] The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston;
(I) [(J)] The University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio;
(J) [(K)] The University of Texas Rio Grande
Valley School of Medicine;
(K) [(L)] The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Tyler; and
(L) [(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, that the executive
commissioner identifies as a center predominately serving school
districts classified as rural by the National Center for Education
Statistics of the United States Department of Education; and
(6) any other entity that the executive committee
considers necessary.
SECTION 2. Section 113.0101(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The consortium is governed by an executive committee
composed of the following members:
(1) the chair of the academic department of psychiatry
of each of the health-related institutions of higher education
listed in Section 113.0052(1) or a licensed psychiatrist, including
a child-adolescent psychiatrist, designated by the chair to serve
in the chair's place;
(2) a representative of the commission with expertise
in the delivery of mental health care services, appointed by the
executive commissioner;
(3) a representative of the commission with expertise
in mental health facilities, appointed by the executive
commissioner;
(4) a representative of the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board, appointed by the commissioner of the
coordinating board;
(5) a representative of each nonprofit organization
described by Section 113.0052(4) that is part of the consortium,
designated by a majority of the members described by Subdivision
(1);
(6) a representative of a hospital system in this
state, designated by a majority of the members described by
Subdivision (1); [and]
(7) a representative selected from among the regional
education service centers described by Section 113.0052(5),
appointed by the executive commissioner; and
(8) any other representative designated:
(A) under Subsection (b); or
(B) by a majority of the members described by
Subdivision (1) at the request of the executive committee.
SECTION 3. Section 113.0102, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 113.0102. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (b), the executive committee shall establish:
(1) the terms of executive committee members; and
(2) procedures for the reappointment of members.
(b) An executive committee member described by Section
113.0101(a)(7) serves a two-year term and is eligible for
reappointment.
(c) A vacancy on the executive committee shall be filled in
the same manner as the original appointment.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 850 passed the Senate on
March 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 850 passed the House on
May 9, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 23, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor