bill setting the opioid abatement fund council at 14 members

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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.