Bill Text: TX HB2042 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-08 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2042 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2042-Comm_Sub.html

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83R21369 AED-D
By: Guillen, King of Taylor H.B. No. 2042
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2042:
By: Kolkhorst C.S.H.B. No. 2042

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 98.002(a), Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force is composed of:
(1) 18 [13] members appointed by the governor as
follows:
(A) one family practice physician;
(B) one pathologist;
(C) one nephrologist representative from a
nephrology department of a state medical school;
(D) one nephrologist in private practice;
(E) one representative [two representatives]
from [different Texas affiliates of] the National Kidney
Foundation;
(F) one representative from the department's
Kidney Health Care Program [department];
(G) one representative of an insurer that issues
a preferred provider benefit plan or of a health maintenance
organization;
(H) one representative of clinical laboratories;
(I) one representative of private renal care
providers;
(J) one pediatrician in private practice;
(K) one kidney transplant surgeon; [and]
(L) one representative from the Texas Renal
Coalition;
(M) one primary care physician;
(N) one licensed and certified renal dietitian;
(O) one certified nephrology nurse;
(P) one representative from a health care system;
(Q) one representative of the Health and Human
Services Commission whose duties involve the state Medicaid
program; and
(R) one end stage renal disease expert;
(2) two members of the senate appointed by the
lieutenant governor; and
(3) two members of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
SECTION 2. Section 98.006, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 98.006. REPORT. Not later than January 1 of each
even-numbered year[, 2013], the task force shall submit its
findings and recommendations to:
(1) the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of
the house of representatives; and
(2) the presiding officers of the [Senate Committee on
Health and Human Services and the Public Health Committee of the
house of representatives, or the] appropriate standing committees
of the legislature with jurisdiction over health issues [82nd
Legislature].
SECTION 3. Section 98.009, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007, is repealed.
SECTION 4. Not later than January 1, 2014, the governor
shall appoint the additional members to the Chronic Kidney Disease
Task Force as required by Section 98.002(a), Health and Safety
Code, as added by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.