Bill Text: TX HB140 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the Neurodegenerative Disease Advisory Committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-12 - Filed [HB140 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB140-Introduced.html
| 88S30011 MPF-F | ||
| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 140 | |
|
|
||
|
|
||
| relating to the establishment of the Neurodegenerative Disease | ||
| Advisory Committee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 154.001, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 154.001. DEFINITIONS [ |
||
| (1) "Advisory committee" means the Neurodegenerative | ||
| Disease Advisory Committee. | ||
| (2) "Council[ |
||
| Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 154, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 154.0045 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 154.0045. NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE ADVISORY | ||
| COMMITTEE. (a) The council shall establish the Neurodegenerative | ||
| Disease Advisory Committee to: | ||
| (1) support the consortium of Alzheimer's disease | ||
| centers through the council's Darrell K Royal Texas Alzheimer's | ||
| Initiative in: | ||
| (A) discovering the causes of Alzheimer's | ||
| disease and other neurodegenerative diseases in humans; | ||
| (B) developing cures for those diseases; and | ||
| (C) establishing programs to address access to | ||
| advanced treatment of Alzheimer's disease; and | ||
| (2) establish appropriate standards consistent with | ||
| the powers and duties of the consortium under this chapter to ensure | ||
| the proper use of money authorized for Alzheimer's disease | ||
| research, facilities development, and caregiver resources. | ||
| (b) The advisory committee is composed of the following nine | ||
| members: | ||
| (1) one member appointed by the governor who is a | ||
| member of the Board of Advisors for the Darrell K Royal Research | ||
| Fund for Alzheimer's Disease; | ||
| (2) four members appointed by the lieutenant governor; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) four members appointed by the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives. | ||
| (c) In appointing members to the advisory committee under | ||
| Subsections (b)(2) and (3), the lieutenant governor and the speaker | ||
| of the house of representatives must each appoint: | ||
| (1) three individuals who are physicians or scientists | ||
| with extensive experience in the field of Alzheimer's disease and | ||
| neurology, including at least one individual who represents a | ||
| nationally designated Alzheimer's disease research center funded | ||
| by the National Institute on Aging; and | ||
| (2) one member of the public. | ||
| (d) The member appointed by the governor under Subsection | ||
| (b)(1) serves as chair of the advisory committee. | ||
| (e) The members of the advisory committee serve staggered | ||
| three-year terms. The appointing authorities shall appoint the | ||
| initial member to terms of one, two, and three years as necessary to | ||
| ensure one-third of the appointed members' terms expire each year. | ||
| (f) The members of the advisory committee serve at the | ||
| pleasure of the appointing authority. | ||
| (g) If a vacancy occurs on the advisory committee, the | ||
| appropriate appointing authority shall appoint a successor in the | ||
| same manner as the original appointment to serve for the remainder | ||
| of the unexpired term. The appropriate appointing authority shall | ||
| appoint the successor not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
| vacancy occurs. | ||
| (h) The council shall hire personnel as necessary to support | ||
| the advisory committee in fulfilling its duties under this chapter. | ||
| (i) Section 2110.008, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
| advisory committee. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than March 1, 2024, the governor, | ||
| lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives | ||
| shall appoint members of the Neurodegenerative Disease Advisory | ||
| Committee established under Section 154.0045, Education Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
