HB4522 - Relating to membership of the Texas opioid abatement fund council.

      By: Vo H.B. No. 4522       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to membership of the Texas opioid abatement fund council.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 403.503(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The council is composed of the following 14 members:                (1)  six regional members, appointed by the executive   commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, who are   from academia or the medical profession with significant experience   in opioid interventions and who each are appointed to represent one   of the following groups of regional health care partnership   regions:                      (A)  regions 9 and 10;                      (B)  region 3;                      (C)  regions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 19;                      (D)  regions 6, 7, 8, and 16;                      (E)  regions 1, 2, 17, and 18; and                      (F)  regions 4, 5, and 20;                (2)  four members who are current or retired health   care professionals holding or formerly holding a license under   Title 3, Occupations Code, with significant experience in treating   opioid-related harms and who are appointed as follows:                      (A)  one member appointed by the governor;                      (B)  one member appointed by the lieutenant   governor;                      (C)  one member appointed by the speaker of the   house of representatives; and                      (D)  one member appointed by the attorney general;                (3)  one member who is employed by a hospital district   and is appointed by the governor;                (4)  one member who is employed by a hospital district   and is appointed by the attorney general;                (5)  one member appointed by the governor and who is a   member of a law enforcement agency and has experience with   opioid-related harms;                 (6)     one member with lived experience in substance use   recovery and is appointed by the Behavioral Health Advisory   Committee established by the Health and Human Services Commission;   and                 (7)  [ (6) ]  one nonvoting member who serves as the   presiding officer of the council and is the comptroller or the   comptroller's designee.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.