Bill Text: TX HB2312 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a sickle cell disease program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2312 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2312-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a sickle cell disease program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2312 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2312-Engrossed.html
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By: Coleman, Miles | H.B. No. 2312 |
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relating to the creation of a sickle cell disease program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 33, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. SICKLE CELL DISEASE PROGRAM | ||
Sec. 33.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission. | ||
(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive | ||
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
(3) "Health and human services agency" means a health | ||
and human services agency listed by Section 531.001, Government | ||
Code. | ||
(4) "Program" means the sickle cell disease program | ||
established under this subchapter. | ||
(5) "Sickle cell disease" means any variant of sickle | ||
cell disease, including sickle cell anemia and sickle cell | ||
thalassemia. | ||
Sec. 33.052. DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT. The department shall: | ||
(1) identify efforts related to the expansion and | ||
coordination of education, treatment, and continuity of care | ||
programs for individuals with sickle cell trait and sickle cell | ||
disease; | ||
(2) assist the advisory committee created under | ||
Section 33.053; and | ||
(3) provide the advisory committee created under | ||
Section 33.053 with staff support necessary for the advisory | ||
committee to fulfill its duties. | ||
Sec. 33.053. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The governor shall | ||
appoint an advisory committee composed of 11 members, including a | ||
program administrator. The members must be located in | ||
geographically diverse areas of the state and must be interested in | ||
and knowledgeable about sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease. | ||
In making appointments to the advisory committee, the governor | ||
shall consider appointing members who are: | ||
(1) representatives of a community agency; | ||
(2) state or local officials responsible for public | ||
health, social services, or rehabilitation; | ||
(3) representatives from educational institutions, | ||
including schools and universities; | ||
(4) physicians and other health care providers; and | ||
(5) persons with, or relatives of persons with, sickle | ||
cell trait or sickle cell disease. | ||
(b) Members of the advisory committee serve staggered | ||
three-year terms, with the terms of three or four members expiring | ||
each year. | ||
(c) The advisory committee shall meet at least twice a year. | ||
(d) The advisory committee shall conduct a needs assessment | ||
and advise the department and the program administrator regarding | ||
the needs of individuals with sickle cell trait and sickle cell | ||
disease and make recommendations, including recommendations | ||
regarding legislative action, department rules, and program | ||
administration. | ||
(e) The program administrator shall report periodically to | ||
the executive commissioner and annually to the governor regarding | ||
the advisory committee's activities and findings. | ||
(f) A member of the advisory committee is not entitled to | ||
compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for travel or other | ||
expenses incurred while conducting the business of the advisory | ||
committee as provided by the General Appropriations Act. | ||
(g) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
advisory committee. | ||
Sec. 33.054. GRANTS. (a) The program administrator shall | ||
investigate and identify grants and other funding mechanisms for | ||
entities that: | ||
(1) provide education regarding sickle cell trait and | ||
sickle cell disease; | ||
(2) improve the detection of sickle cell trait and | ||
sickle cell disease and the treatment of sickle cell disease; | ||
(3) coordinate delivery of services for people with | ||
sickle cell disease; | ||
(4) provide access to information regarding genetic | ||
testing and counseling; | ||
(5) bundle technical services related to the | ||
prevention and treatment of sickle cell disease; and | ||
(6) provide training for health professionals | ||
regarding sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease. | ||
(b) The program administrator shall award grants, if | ||
possible, to eligible organizations in different regions of this | ||
state. | ||
(c) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
donations of money from the federal government, local governments, | ||
private corporations, and other persons to be used for the purpose | ||
of awarding grants under the program. | ||
Sec. 33.055. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt | ||
rules to implement this subchapter. | ||
Sec. 33.056. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires September | ||
1, 2017. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |