Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.016
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§ 81.016. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT RESERVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "division" means the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
(b) The division shall establish the Personal Protective Equipment Reserve Advisory Committee composed of the following members appointed by the division:
(1) one representative of an association representing different types of hospitals and health systems;
(2) one representative of an association representing nursing facilities;
(3) one representative of an association representing primary care clinics;
(4) one representative of an association representing nurses;
(5) one representative of an association representing home hospice care providers;
(6) one representative of a statewide association representing physicians;
(7) two representatives of labor organizations that represent essential personnel;
(8) one representative from the personal protective equipment manufacturing industry;
(9) one consumer representative;
(10) one representative from an association representing counties;
(11) one representative of a regional advisory council from one of this state's trauma service areas;
(12) one representative from the department;
(13) one representative from the division; and
(14) one representative from the commission.
(c) The advisory committee shall make recommendations to the division as necessary on:
(1) the procurements needed for a statewide personal protective equipment reserve;
(2) the storage of the equipment in the reserve; and
(3) the distribution of the equipment to health care workers and essential personnel.
(d) This section expires and the advisory committee is abolished September 1, 2023.
(b) The division shall establish the Personal Protective Equipment Reserve Advisory Committee composed of the following members appointed by the division:
(1) one representative of an association representing different types of hospitals and health systems;
(2) one representative of an association representing nursing facilities;
(3) one representative of an association representing primary care clinics;
(4) one representative of an association representing nurses;
(5) one representative of an association representing home hospice care providers;
(6) one representative of a statewide association representing physicians;
(7) two representatives of labor organizations that represent essential personnel;
(8) one representative from the personal protective equipment manufacturing industry;
(9) one consumer representative;
(10) one representative from an association representing counties;
(11) one representative of a regional advisory council from one of this state's trauma service areas;
(12) one representative from the department;
(13) one representative from the division; and
(14) one representative from the commission.
(c) The advisory committee shall make recommendations to the division as necessary on:
(1) the procurements needed for a statewide personal protective equipment reserve;
(2) the storage of the equipment in the reserve; and
(3) the distribution of the equipment to health care workers and essential personnel.
(d) This section expires and the advisory committee is abolished September 1, 2023.
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