Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 182.053 — COMPOSITION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
HS § 182.053Title 2. HEALTH · Part I. MEDICAL RECORDS · Ch. 182. ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF HEALTH INFORMATION · Art. B. ADMINISTRATION
Statute text
View on source(a)The corporation is governed by a board of 12 directors appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate.
(b)The governor shall also appoint at least two ex officio, nonvoting members representing the health and human services agencies as state agency data resources. (b-1) The governor shall appoint as a voting board member one individual who represents Texas local health information exchanges.
(c)The governor shall appoint as voting board members individuals who represent consumers, clinical laboratories, health benefit plans, hospitals, regional health information exchange initiatives, pharmacies, physicians, or rural health providers, or who possess expertise in any other area the governor finds necessary for the successful operation of the corporation.
(d)An individual may not serve on the board of the corporation if the individual serves on the board of any other governmental body in this state.
(e)Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
(f)An individual may not serve on the board of the corporation, in any capacity, if the individual has made a gift or grant, in cash or in kind, to the corporation.
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0524, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 12 (S.B. 203), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.