| 1 | 1 | | By: Vo H.B. No. 4522 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to membership of the Texas opioid abatement fund council. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 403.503(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) The council is composed of the following 14 members: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) six regional members, appointed by the executive |
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| 14 | 14 | | commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, who are |
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| 15 | 15 | | from academia or the medical profession with significant experience |
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| 16 | 16 | | in opioid interventions and who each are appointed to represent one |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the following groups of regional health care partnership |
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| 18 | 18 | | regions: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) regions 9 and 10; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) region 3; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (C) regions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 19; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (D) regions 6, 7, 8, and 16; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (E) regions 1, 2, 17, and 18; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (F) regions 4, 5, and 20; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) four members who are current or retired health |
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| 26 | 26 | | care professionals holding or formerly holding a license under |
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| 27 | 27 | | Title 3, Occupations Code, with significant experience in treating |
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| 28 | 28 | | opioid-related harms and who are appointed as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) one member appointed by the governor; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (B) one member appointed by the lieutenant |
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| 31 | 31 | | governor; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (C) one member appointed by the speaker of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | house of representatives; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (D) one member appointed by the attorney general; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) one member who is employed by a hospital district |
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| 36 | 36 | | and is appointed by the governor; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (4) one member who is employed by a hospital district |
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| 38 | 38 | | and is appointed by the attorney general; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (5) one member appointed by the governor and who is a |
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| 40 | 40 | | member of a law enforcement agency and has experience with |
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| 41 | 41 | | opioid-related harms; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (6) one member with lived experience in substance use |
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| 43 | 43 | | recovery and is appointed by the Behavioral Health Advisory |
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| 44 | 44 | | Committee established by the Health and Human Services Commission; |
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| 45 | 45 | | and |
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| 46 | 46 | | (7) [(6)] one nonvoting member who serves as the |
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| 47 | 47 | | presiding officer of the council and is the comptroller or the |
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| 48 | 48 | | comptroller's designee. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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