81R14652 UM-D
By: Cook H.B. No. 3958
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administrative personnel, human resources, and
payroll functions of state schools for persons with mental
retardation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 161.0521 to read as follows:
Sec. 161.0521. STATE SCHOOL PERSONNEL. (a) Notwithstanding
Section 531.0055, Government Code, or any other law, the department
shall perform all administrative personnel, human resources, and
payroll functions for state schools and employees of state schools.
(b) The department shall ensure that each state school has
at least one on-site employee dedicated to the performance of
administrative personnel, human resources, and payroll functions
for the state school.
(c) The department may not contract for the performance of
administrative personnel, human resources, or payroll functions or
otherwise outsource those functions to a private person.
SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act, the Department of Aging and Disability Services
and the Health and Human Services Commission shall coordinate the
transfer of all administrative personnel, human resources, and
payroll functions relating to state schools in accordance with
Section 161.0521, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Section 161.0521, Human Resources Code, as added by this
Act, takes effect on the date on which the Department of Aging and
Disability Services and the Health and Human Services Commission
coordinate the transfer under Subsection (a) of this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.