Bill Text: TX HB595 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to certain health programs and councils.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB595 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB595-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain health programs and councils.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB595 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB595-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Kolkhorst | H.B. No. 595 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 595: | |||
By: Harper-Brown | C.S.H.B. No. 595 |
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relating to certain health programs and councils. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) Chapters 38, 46, 83, 86, 90, 91, and 112, | ||
Health and Safety Code, are repealed. | ||
(b) Section 533.005(a-1), Government Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) On September 1, 2013, the programs and | ||
system established under Chapters 38, 46, 83, 86, 90, and 91, Health | ||
and Safety Code, as the laws existed immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act, are abolished. | ||
(b) On September 1, 2013, any money remaining in the | ||
tertiary care account is transferred to the general revenue fund | ||
and the account is abolished. | ||
(c) The repeal of Chapter 83, Health and Safety Code, by | ||
this Act does not affect a cause of action that accrued before the | ||
effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect | ||
immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. On September 1, 2013: | ||
(1) the advisory council established under Section | ||
86.003, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately | ||
before the effective date of this Act, is abolished; | ||
(2) all property in the custody of the advisory | ||
council is transferred to the Department of State Health Services; | ||
and | ||
(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of | ||
the advisory council are transferred to the Department of State | ||
Health Services. | ||
SECTION 4. On September 1, 2013: | ||
(1) the advisory committee established under Section | ||
86.012, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately | ||
before the effective date of this Act, is abolished; | ||
(2) all property in the custody of the advisory | ||
committee is transferred to the Department of State Health | ||
Services; and | ||
(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of | ||
the advisory committee are transferred to the Department of State | ||
Health Services. | ||
SECTION 5. On September 1, 2013: | ||
(1) the advisory council established under Section | ||
86.103, Health and Safety Code, as the law existed immediately | ||
before the effective date of this Act, is abolished; | ||
(2) all property in the custody of the advisory | ||
council is transferred to the Department of State Health Services; | ||
and | ||
(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of | ||
the advisory council are transferred to the Department of State | ||
Health Services. | ||
SECTION 6. On September 1, 2013: | ||
(1) the Border Health Foundation is abolished; | ||
(2) all property in the custody of the foundation is | ||
transferred to the Department of State Health Services; and | ||
(3) all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of | ||
the foundation are transferred to the Department of State Health | ||
Services. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |