TITLE: Relating to requiring Health and Human Services Commission contractors to report certain information regarding subcontractors.

SUMMARY: Relating to requiring Health and Human Services Commission contractors to report certain information regarding subcontractors.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to requiring Health and Human Services Commission contractors to report certain information regarding subcontractors. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 531.0185 to read as follows: Sec. 531.0185. SUBCONTRACTOR INFORMATION CLAUSE. (a) The commission shall include in each contract the commission enters into a clause that requires any contractor to disclose the following information relating to any subcontractor under the contract: (1) the process the contractor uses to select subcontractors; (2) the number of persons who submit subcontractor proposals to the contractor and the name of each person who: (A) submits a proposal to be a subcontractor; and (B) is awarded a subcontract under the contract; and (3) the reasons for the contractor's selection of one subcontractor over another subcontractor. (b) Not later than September 1 of each year, the commission shall submit a report to the legislature and the presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with jurisdiction over the commission that includes a summary of the information collected from reports submitted under this section. SECTION 2. Section 531.0185, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.