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1	1	89R5645 JTZ-D
2	2	By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 5262
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the establishment of a school health and related
10	10	services program advisory council.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subtitle E, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Chapter 106 to read as follows:
14	14	CHAPTER 106. SCHOOL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES PROGRAM
15	15	ADVISORY COUNCIL
16	16	Sec. 106.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
17	17	(1) "Advisory council" means the school health and
18	18	related services program advisory council established under this
19	19	chapter.
20	20	(2) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency.
21	21	(3) "Program" means the school health and related
22	22	services program under which certain health-related services
23	23	provided through a student's individualized education program are
24	24	eligible for Medicaid reimbursement.
25	25	Sec. 106.002. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) The advisory
26	26	council is composed of 13 members as follows:
27	27	(1) one agency employee with administrative duties
28	28	involving the program;
29	29	(2) two commission employees with administrative
30	30	duties involving the program;
31	31	(3) one superintendent or chief financial officer of a
32	32	school district with a student enrollment of at least 5,000
33	33	students;
34	34	(4) one superintendent or chief financial officer of a
35	35	school district eligible for the allotment under Section 48.101(c),
36	36	Education Code;
37	37	(5) one superintendent or chief financial officer of a
38	38	school district eligible for the allotment under Section 48.101(b)
39	39	or (d), Education Code;
40	40	(6) one special education director employed by a
41	41	school district described by Subdivision (3);
42	42	(7) one special education director employed by a
43	43	school district described by Subdivision (4);
44	44	(8) one special education director employed by a
45	45	school district described by Subdivision (5);
46	46	(9) two persons who are each a parent of a student
47	47	eligible for reimbursement under the program;
48	48	(10) one member of an advocacy group for children with
49	49	special needs; and
50	50	(11) one provider of special education services.
51	51	(b) The commissioner of education shall appoint the member
52	52	described by Subsection (a)(1). The executive commissioner or the
53	53	executive commissioner's designee shall:
54	54	(1) appoint the remaining 12 members to the advisory
55	55	council; and
56	56	(2) designate one member as chair of the advisory
57	57	council.
58	58	(c) An appointment to a vacancy on the advisory council
59	59	shall be made in the same manner as the original appointment. A
60	60	member is eligible for reappointment.
61	61	Sec. 106.003. TERMS. Members of the advisory council serve
62	62	staggered four-year terms, with the terms of six or seven members
63	63	expiring on August 31 of each odd-numbered year.
64	64	Sec. 106.004. REIMBURSEMENT. Members of the advisory
65	65	council serve without compensation but are entitled to
66	66	reimbursement for travel expenses.
67	67	Sec. 106.005. COUNCIL DUTIES; ADVISORY STATUS. (a) The
68	68	advisory council shall advise the agency and the commission
69	69	regarding:
70	70	(1) implementing and administering the program;
71	71	(2) incorporating changes to federal law governing the
72	72	program; and
73	73	(3) any other issue involving the administration of
74	74	the program.
75	75	(b) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the
76	76	advisory council.
77	77	Sec. 106.006. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND FUNDING. (a) The
78	78	commission shall provide administrative support for the advisory
79	79	council.
80	80	(b) Funding for the administrative and operational expenses
81	81	of the advisory council shall be provided through legislative
82	82	appropriation to the commission for that purpose.
83	83	Sec. 106.007. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt
84	84	rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
85	85	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable and not later than October
86	86	1, 2025, the commissioner of education and the executive
87	87	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
88	88	appoint the members of the school health and related services
89	89	program advisory council established under Chapter 106, Health and
90	90	Safety Code, as added by this Act, and shall provide for staggered
91	91	member terms as required by that chapter.
92	92	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
93	93	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
94	94	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
95	95	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
96	96	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.