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Sunset Advisory Commission June 2017
The board also benefits from colocation with other health regulatory
agencies currently in the Hobby Building in downtown Austin. It also
shares administrative functions with these agencies through the Health
Professions Council. Colocation and shared administrative services enable
the agency to easily access best practices from neighboring agencies and to
achieve administrative efficiencies among similar state regulatory programs.
" Umbrella agency structure. An alternative approach to having an
independent agency is the consolidation of needed regulatory programs
under an umbrella structure. The state has long regulated various trades
under the umbrella of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
(TDLR). However, the only comparable effort for health regulatory
programs at the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) was
ineffective and largely dismantled in 2015, with numerous programs moved
to TDLR or the Texas Medical Board, while others were deregulated.The
rationale for this change was to focus DSHS on its important public health
mission while still improving needed regulation.
This umbrella structure can offer distinct advantages compared to an
independent agency structure. By having staff specialize along functional
lines, umbrella agencies can provide benefits of long-term efficiency over
smaller, independent agencies. Umbrella oversight agencies can also provide
a more objective regulatory approach because their broad responsibilities
typically require them to have oversight boards comprising public members
that rely on advisory committees of practitioners for expertise about the
regulated field. This separation helps promote the broader public interest,
minimizing the potential for the regulated community to promote its own
interest when it controls these oversight boards. the review considered
the following structural alternatives but ultimately concluded the potential
benefits of organizational change were not great enough to justify such
an upheaval.
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. In 2015, through the
Sunset review of DSHS, the Legislature transferred 13 health-related
programs to TDLR over the next three years. While this experience has
engaged TDLR in the regulation of health professions, none of the programs
transferred require the kind of technical expertise needed to regulate the
practice of pharmacy, especially from an inspection and enforcement
standpoint. In addition, the large expansion of authority may well have
brought TDLR to the limits of its ability - at least its ability to take on
a larger, more complex regulatory program with the level of risk associated
with pharmacy.
Texas Medical Board. While the Texas Medical Board is not a traditional
umbrella agency, it regulates a number of health licensing programs
including four health-related programs transferred to the Medical Board
through the Sunset review of DSHS. However, the Medical Board's
focus is on regulation of providers of health-related services, particularly
physicians and physician assistants who have prescribing authority. WhileThe potential
benefits of an
organizational
change were not
great enough
to justify such
an upheaval.Texas State Board of Pharmacy Staff Report with Final Results
Issue 327
Sunset Advisory Commission
June 2017
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Ogle, Steven; Schiff, Tamara; Hartley, Cee & Teleki, Katharine. Staff Report with Final Results: Texas State Board of Pharmacy, report, June 2017; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1033475/m1/51/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.