86R2909 EAS-D
	By: Price	H.B. No. 1103

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	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.