Bill Text: TX HB214 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the composition and duties of the Public Health Funding and Policy Committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [HB214 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB214-Introduced.html
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| By: Dominguez | H.B. No. 214 | |
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| relating to the composition and duties of the Public Health Funding | ||
| and Policy Committee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 117.052, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 117.052. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS. (a) The commissioner | ||
| shall appoint 10 [ |
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| (1) two regional health directors, each of whom is | ||
| serving as a health authority in a municipality or county; | ||
| (2) one local health entity representative of a | ||
| municipality or county with a population of 50,000 or less; | ||
| (3) one local health entity representative from a | ||
| municipality or county with a population greater than 50,000 but | ||
| less than 250,000; | ||
| (4) one local health entity representative from a | ||
| municipality or county with a population of at least 250,000; | ||
| (5) two local health entity representatives, each of | ||
| whom serves in a municipality or county as the health authority; | ||
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| (6) two representatives of schools or programs of | ||
| public health at institutions of higher education in this state; | ||
| and | ||
| (7) one representative from the Task Force of Border | ||
| Health Officials established under Chapter 120. | ||
| (a-1) The committee members appointed under Subsection | ||
| (a)(1) are ex officio nonvoting members. | ||
| (b) In making appointments under Subsections (a)(2), (3), | ||
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| members from nominations submitted by the entity, institution, or | ||
| task force of which the nominated member is an employee or member | ||
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| SECTION 2. Section 117.053(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Committee members serve staggered six-year terms, with | ||
| the terms of three or four members expiring on February 1 of each | ||
| odd-numbered year. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 117.055, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 117.055. PRESIDING OFFICER. The presiding officer is | ||
| elected by a majority vote of all the committee members and serves | ||
| for a term of two years. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 117.056, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The committee shall meet with the Task Force of Border | ||
| Health Officials established under Chapter 120 at least annually | ||
| and at the call of the presiding officers of the committee and the | ||
| task force. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 117.101, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 117.101. GENERAL DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. (a) The | ||
| committee shall: | ||
| (1) summarize the scope and type of [ |
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| public health services provided by [ |
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| a focus on differences in the availability of services in urban, | ||
| rural, and border areas of this state [ |
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| (2) monitor the availability of [ |
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| health services in this state, [ |
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| services and funding for those services, and develop | ||
| recommendations to address the disparity [ |
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| (3) recommend [ |
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| priorities for this state and coordinate efforts to address the | ||
| priorities with the department; and | ||
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| recommendations to the department regarding: | ||
| (A) the use and allocation of funds available | ||
| exclusively to local health entities to perform core public health | ||
| functions; | ||
| (B) ways to improve the overall public health of | ||
| citizens in this state; | ||
| (C) methods for transitioning from a contractual | ||
| relationship between the department and the local health entities | ||
| to a cooperative-agreement relationship between the department and | ||
| the local health entities; and | ||
| (D) methods for fostering a continuous | ||
| collaborative relationship between the department and the local | ||
| health entities. | ||
| (b) Recommendations made under Subsection (a)(4)(A) | ||
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| (1) prevailing epidemiological evidence, variations | ||
| in geographic and population needs, best practices, and | ||
| evidence-based interventions related to the populations to be | ||
| served; | ||
| (2) state and federal law; and | ||
| (3) federal funding requirements. | ||
| SECTION 6. The heading to Section 117.151, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 117.151. BIENNIAL [ |
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| SECTION 7. Section 117.151(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Not [ |
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| each even-numbered year the department shall file a biennial [ |
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| speaker of the house of representatives detailing: | ||
| (1) the implementation of the committee's | ||
| recommendations described in Section 117.101(a)(4) | ||
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| (2) an explanation of the department's reasons for not | ||
| implementing a recommendation. | ||
| SECTION 8. Section 120.054, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The task force shall meet with the Public Health Funding | ||
| and Policy Committee established under Chapter 117 at least | ||
| annually and at the call of the presiding officers of the task force | ||
| and the committee. | ||
| SECTION 9. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the commissioner of public health of the Department of | ||
| State Health Services shall make the appointment required by | ||
| Section 117.052(a)(7), Health and Safety Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 10. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
