HHSC: Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
The Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke conducts health education, public awareness and community outreach; improves access to treatment; coordinates activities among state agencies; and develops a database of recommendations for treatment and care.
Call to Order and Welcome, Introductions, Roll Call and Opening Remarks from the Chair. Dr. J. Neal Rutledge, Chair convened the meeting. A quorum was established.
Approval of August 9, 2019 Meeting Minutes. The minutes were approved as written.
Selection of Council Vice Chair per 25 Texas Administrative Code, Rule §1051.1. The rules require that a vice chair be elected annually. This occurs through the standard procedures for presiding officer election. The proposed procedure had to be approved by the membership. One of the key provisions is that a secret ballot in an open meeting violates the open meetings act.
MOTION: Approval of the new rules prevailed.
There were two nominees for Vice Chair who were n