Bill Text: TX HB3278 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to membership of the commissioner of education and the Texas Education Agency in certain advisory committees, commissions, task forces, and other similar entities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3278 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3278-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to membership of the commissioner of education and the Texas Education Agency in certain advisory committees, commissions, task forces, and other similar entities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3278 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3278-Introduced.html
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By: Shelton | H.B. No. 3278 |
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relating to membership of the commissioner of education and the | ||
Texas Education Agency in certain advisory committees, | ||
commissions, task forces, and other similar entities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 7.030 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7.030. ADVISORY COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the agency is not | ||
required to participate in the Advisory Committee on Reducing Drug | ||
Demand. | ||
(b) This section does not prohibit the agency from | ||
participating in the advisory committee specified under Subsection | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 449.004(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission is composed of 17 [ |
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follows: | ||
(1) 15 public members appointed as follows: | ||
(A) five public members appointed by the | ||
governor; | ||
(B) five public members appointed by the | ||
lieutenant governor; and | ||
(C) five public members appointed by the speaker | ||
of the house of representatives; and | ||
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Veterans Commission. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 535.051(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The chief administrative officer of each of the | ||
following state agencies, in consultation with the governor, shall | ||
designate one employee from the agency to serve as a liaison for | ||
faith- and community-based organizations: | ||
(1) the Office of Rural Community Affairs; | ||
(2) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; | ||
(3) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | ||
(4) the Texas Department of Housing and Community | ||
Affairs; | ||
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governor. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 772.011(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The work group is composed of the heads of the following | ||
agencies or their designees: | ||
(1) the Texas Department of Rural Affairs; | ||
(2) the Texas Department of Housing and Community | ||
Affairs; | ||
(3) the Texas Water Development Board; | ||
(4) the Texas Department of Transportation; | ||
(5) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; | ||
(6) the Texas Workforce Commission; | ||
(7) the Department of State Health Services; | ||
(8) the Health and Human Services Commission; | ||
(9) the General Land Office; | ||
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SECTION 5. Section 81.010(c), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The council consists of one representative from each of | ||
the following agencies appointed by the executive director or | ||
commissioner of each agency: | ||
(1) the Department of State Health Services; | ||
(2) the Department of Aging and Disability Services; | ||
(3) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative | ||
Services; | ||
(4) the Department of Family and Protective Services; | ||
(5) the Texas Youth Commission; | ||
(6) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | ||
(7) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission; | ||
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Board. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 92.053(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The council is composed of the following appointed [ |
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(1) eight public consumer members appointed by the | ||
executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission | ||
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individuals related to persons with a traumatic brain injury and at | ||
least three of whom must be persons with a brain injury; | ||
(2) six professional members appointed by the | ||
executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission | ||
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training and interest in the care, treatment, or rehabilitation of | ||
persons with a traumatic brain injury, with one representative each | ||
from: | ||
(A) acute hospital trauma units; | ||
(B) the National Institute for Disability | ||
Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model System in this | ||
state; | ||
(C) acute or post-acute rehabilitation | ||
facilities; | ||
(D) community-based services; | ||
(E) faculties of institutions of higher | ||
education; and | ||
(F) providers in the areas of physical therapy, | ||
occupational therapy, or cognitive rehabilitation; and | ||
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representative from each of the following agencies appointed by the | ||
chief executive officer of the agency: | ||
(A) each health and human services agency | ||
identified as appropriate for representation on the council by the | ||
executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission; | ||
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SECTION 7. Section 93.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke is | ||
composed of: | ||
(1) 11 public members appointed by the governor, with | ||
the advice and consent of the senate, as follows: | ||
(A) a licensed physician with a specialization in | ||
cardiology; | ||
(B) a licensed physician with a specialization in | ||
neurology to treat stroke; | ||
(C) a licensed physician employed in a primary | ||
care setting; | ||
(D) a registered nurse with a specialization in | ||
quality improvement practices for cardiovascular disease and | ||
stroke; | ||
(E) a registered and licensed dietitian; | ||
(F) two persons with experience and training in | ||
public health policy, research, or practice; | ||
(G) two consumer members, with special | ||
consideration given to persons actively participating in the Texas | ||
affiliates of the American Heart Association or American Stroke | ||
Association, managed care, or hospital or rehabilitation settings; | ||
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(H) two members from the general public that have | ||
or care for persons with cardiovascular disease or stroke; and | ||
(2) one nonvoting member representing each of the | ||
state agencies that oversee: | ||
(A) health services; | ||
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SECTION 8. Section 103.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Texas Diabetes Council is composed of 11 citizen | ||
members appointed from the public and one representative each from | ||
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SECTION 9. Sections 103.017(a) and (c), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department, the Department of Assistive and | ||
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produce, and implement a general public awareness strategy focusing | ||
on diabetes, its complications, and techniques for achieving good | ||
management. Each agency shall pay for the costs of producing and | ||
disseminating information on diabetes to clients served by that | ||
agency. | ||
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plan for conducting regional training sessions for public and | ||
private service providers, including institutional health care | ||
providers, who have routine contact with persons with diabetes. | ||
SECTION 10. Sections 614.002(a) and (e), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of Criminal | ||
Justice on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments is composed | ||
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(e) The executive head of each of the following agencies, | ||
divisions of agencies, or associations, or that person's designated | ||
representative, shall serve as a member of the committee: | ||
(1) the correctional institutions division of the | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | ||
(2) the Department of State Health Services; | ||
(3) the parole division of the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice; | ||
(4) the community justice assistance division of the | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | ||
(5) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission; | ||
(6) the Texas Youth Commission; | ||
(7) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative | ||
Services; | ||
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Standards and Education; | ||
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Health and Mental Retardation Centers; | ||
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Disabilities; | ||
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Citizens; | ||
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of Texas; | ||
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Texas, Inc.; | ||
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Services. | ||
SECTION 11. Section 121.0015(b), Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The work group is composed of a representative of each | ||
health and human services agency designated by the executive | ||
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. The | ||
commissioner of each designated agency shall appoint the | ||
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SECTION 12. Section 1802.102(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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appointed as follows: | ||
(1) three members who are licensed auctioneers | ||
appointed by the presiding officer of the commission, with the | ||
commission's approval; | ||
(2) the executive director of the Texas Economic | ||
Development and Tourism Office or the director's designee; and | ||
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SECTION 13. 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. |