Bill Text: TX SB850 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB850 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB850-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 850 |
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relating to the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 113.0052, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 113.0052. COMPOSITION. The consortium is composed | ||
of: | ||
(1) the following health-related institutions of | ||
higher education: | ||
(A) Baylor College of Medicine; | ||
(B) Texas A&M University System Health Science | ||
Center; | ||
(C) Texas Tech University Health Sciences | ||
Center; | ||
(D) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | ||
at El Paso; | ||
(E) University of North Texas Health Science | ||
Center at Fort Worth; | ||
(F) The Dell Medical School at The University of | ||
Texas at Austin; | ||
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Galveston; | ||
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Center at Houston; | ||
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Center at San Antonio; | ||
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Valley School of Medicine; | ||
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Center at Tyler; and | ||
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Medical Center; | ||
(2) the commission; | ||
(3) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; | ||
(4) three nonprofit organizations that focus on mental | ||
health care, designated by a majority of the members described by | ||
Subdivision (1); [ |
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(5) each regional education service center | ||
established under Chapter 8, Education Code, that the executive | ||
commissioner identifies as a center predominately serving school | ||
districts classified as rural by the National Center for Education | ||
Statistics of the United States Department of Education; and | ||
(6) any other entity that the executive committee | ||
considers necessary. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 113.0101(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The consortium is governed by an executive committee | ||
composed of the following members: | ||
(1) the chair of the academic department of psychiatry | ||
of each of the health-related institutions of higher education | ||
listed in Section 113.0052(1) or a licensed psychiatrist, including | ||
a child-adolescent psychiatrist, designated by the chair to serve | ||
in the chair's place; | ||
(2) a representative of the commission with expertise | ||
in the delivery of mental health care services, appointed by the | ||
executive commissioner; | ||
(3) a representative of the commission with expertise | ||
in mental health facilities, appointed by the executive | ||
commissioner; | ||
(4) a representative of the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board, appointed by the commissioner of the | ||
coordinating board; | ||
(5) a representative of each nonprofit organization | ||
described by Section 113.0052(4) that is part of the consortium, | ||
designated by a majority of the members described by Subdivision | ||
(1); | ||
(6) a representative of a hospital system in this | ||
state, designated by a majority of the members described by | ||
Subdivision (1); [ |
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(7) a representative selected from among the regional | ||
education service centers described by Section 113.0052(5), | ||
appointed by the executive commissioner; and | ||
(8) any other representative designated: | ||
(A) under Subsection (b); or | ||
(B) by a majority of the members described by | ||
Subdivision (1) at the request of the executive committee. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 113.0102, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 113.0102. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Except as provided by | ||
Subsection (b), the executive committee shall establish: | ||
(1) the terms of executive committee members; and | ||
(2) procedures for the reappointment of members. | ||
(b) An executive committee member described by Section | ||
113.0101(a)(7) serves a two-year term and is eligible for | ||
reappointment. | ||
(c) A vacancy on the executive committee shall be filled in | ||
the same manner as the original appointment. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 850 passed the Senate on | ||
March 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 850 passed the House on | ||
May 9, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 23, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |