85R9711 GCB-D     By: Price H.B. No. 2447       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the composition of the statewide health coordinating   council.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 104.011(a), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The statewide health coordinating council is composed   of 17 members determined as follows:                (1)  the executive commissioner or a representative   designated by the executive commissioner;                (2)  the chair of the Texas Higher Education   Coordinating Board or a representative designated by the presiding   officer;                (3)  the commissioner or a representative designated by   the commissioner;                (4)  the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency   [aging and disability services] or a representative designated by   the commissioner [of aging and disability services]; and                (5)  the following members appointed by the governor:                      (A)  three health care professionals from the   allied health, dental, medical, mental health, and pharmacy   professions, no two of whom may be from the same profession;                      (B)  one registered nurse;                      (C)  two representatives of a university or   health-related institution of higher education;                      (D)  one representative of a junior or community   college with a nursing program;                      (E)  one hospital administrator;                      (F)  one managed care administrator; and                      (G)  four public members.          SECTION 2.  On the effective date of this Act, the   commissioner of the Texas Education Agency or a representative   designated by the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency   replaces the commissioner of aging and disability services or the   representative designated by the commissioner of aging and   disability services as a member of the statewide health   coordinating council, in accordance with Section 104.011, Health   and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, and the commissioner of the   Texas Education Agency shall serve the remainder of the unexpired   term.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.