TITLE: Relating to the composition and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission Executive Council.

SUMMARY: Relating to the composition and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission Executive Council.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the composition and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission Executive Council. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 523.0102(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The executive council shall seek and receive public comment on: (1) rulemaking and rule review activities of the commission [proposed rules];(2) advisory committee recommendations; (3) legislative appropriations requests or other documents related to the appropriations process; (4) the operation of health and human services programs; and (5) other items the executive commissioner determines appropriate. SECTION 2. Section 523.0103(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The executive council is composed of: (1) the executive commissioner; (2) the director of each division established by the executive commissioner [established under former Section 531.008(c) before the expiration of that subsection on September 1, 2023];(3) the commissioner of a health and human services agency; (4) the commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services, regardless of whether that agency continues as a state agency separate from the commission; and (5) other individuals the executive commissioner appoints as the executive commissioner determines necessary. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.