TITLE: Relating to the composition of the statewide health coordinating council.

SUMMARY: Relating to the composition of the statewide health coordinating council.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the composition of the statewide health coordinating council. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 104.011(a), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The statewide health coordinating council is composed of 17 members determined as follows: (1) the executive commissioner or a representative designated by the executive commissioner; (2) the chair of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or a representative designated by the presiding officer; (3) the commissioner or a representative designated by the commissioner; (4) the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency [aging and disability services] or a representative designated by the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency [aging and disability services];and (5) the following members appointed by the governor: (A) three health care professionals from the allied health, dental, medical, mental health, and pharmacy professions, no two of whom may be from the same profession; (B) one registered nurse; (C) two representatives of a university or health-related institution of higher education; (D) one representative of a junior or community college with a nursing program; (E) one hospital administrator; (F) one managed care administrator; and (G) four public members. SECTION 2. On the effective date of this Act, the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency or a representative designated by the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency replaces the member appointed to the position held by the former commissioner of aging and disability services or designee as a member of the statewide health coordinating council, in accordance with Section 104.011, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.