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1	1	81R26564 YDB-F
2	2	By: Nelson S.B. No. 2396
3	3	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 2396:
4	4	By: Rose C.S.S.B. No. 2396
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6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to obsolete or redundant reporting requirements
10	10	applicable to health and human services agencies.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 531.0145 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 531.0145. OBSOLETE OR REDUNDANT REPORTING
15	15	REQUIREMENTS. (a) Not later than December 1, 2009, the executive
16	16	commissioner shall:
17	17	(1) examine the health and human services agency
18	18	reporting requirements established by a state statute enacted
19	19	before January 1, 2007, and not amended since that date, and
20	20	identify each reporting requirement that the executive
21	21	commissioner determines:
22	22	(A) is not necessary to accomplish the objectives
23	23	of the statute that contains the reporting requirement;
24	24	(B) is redundant of other statutory reporting
25	25	requirements; or
26	26	(C) is required under statute to be provided at a
27	27	frequency for which data is not available;
28	28	(2) provide to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
29	29	the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairs of the
30	30	Senate Health and Human Services Committee, House Human Services
31	31	Committee, and House Public Health Committee, or those committees'
32	32	successors, the state auditor's office, the Legislative Budget
33	33	Board, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and the
34	34	Sunset Advisory Commission an initial report that includes:
35	35	(A) each statutory reporting requirement for
36	36	which the executive commissioner made the determination described
37	37	by Subdivision (1); and
38	38	(B) the justification for the executive
39	39	commissioner's determination for each reporting requirement;
40	40	(3) publish a copy of the initial report in the Texas
41	41	Register; and
42	42	(4) post a copy of the initial report on the
43	43	commission's Internet website.
44	44	(b) Not later than the 60th day after the date the executive
45	45	commissioner issues the initial report under Subsection (a)(2), the
46	46	executive commissioner shall hold a public hearing on the report.
47	47	(c) The executive commissioner may not include in the
48	48	initial report issued under Subsection (a)(2) a reporting
49	49	requirement that:
50	50	(1) is required by federal law; or
51	51	(2) applies to another state agency in addition to a
52	52	health and human services agency.
53	53	(d) Not later than the 60th day after the date the executive
54	54	commissioner issues the initial report under Subsection (a)(2), the
55	55	governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
56	56	representatives, the chairs of the Senate Health and Human Services
57	57	Committee, House Human Services Committee, and House Public Health
58	58	Committee, or those committees' successors, and any other person
59	59	may submit to the executive commissioner any comments on the
60	60	reporting requirements identified by the executive commissioner,
61	61	including comments indicating the person believes a specific
62	62	reporting requirement is necessary and should continue to be
63	63	required under statute.
64	64	(e) Not later than May 1, 2010, and after considering the
65	65	comments provided under Subsection (d), the executive commissioner
66	66	shall:
67	67	(1) issue a final report listing the reporting
68	68	requirements the executive commissioner determines:
69	69	(A) are not necessary to accomplish the
70	70	objectives of the statute that contains the reporting requirement;
71	71	(B) are redundant of other statutory reporting
72	72	requirements; or
73	73	(C) are required under statute to be provided at
74	74	a frequency for which data is not available and recommending the
75	75	frequency at which the reporting requirement could be fulfilled;
76	76	(2) provide to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
77	77	the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairs of the
78	78	Senate Health and Human Services Committee, House Human Services
79	79	Committee, and House Public Health Committee, or those committees'
80	80	successors, the state auditor's office, the Legislative Budget
81	81	Board, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and the
82	82	Sunset Advisory Commission a list of each statutory reporting
83	83	requirement for which the executive commissioner made the
84	84	determination described by Subdivision (1) and, for each statutory
85	85	reporting requirement, the justification for the executive
86	86	commissioner's determination; and
87	87	(3) publish in the Texas Register and post on the
88	88	commission's Internet website a list of each statutory reporting
89	89	requirement for which the executive commissioner made the
90	90	determination described by Subdivision (1).
91	91	(f) For each reporting requirement included in the final
92	92	report under Subsection (e)(1), it is the intent of the 81st
93	93	Legislature that the 82nd Legislature consider repealing the
94	94	reporting requirement or amending a statute to decrease the
95	95	frequency of the reporting requirement.
96	96	(g) This section expires September 1, 2012.
97	97	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.