84R8628 JSL-D
By: Price H.B. No. 2578
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the efficiency and consolidation of powers and duties
within the health and human services system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.00551 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.00551. CONSOLIDATED INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAM. (a)
Notwithstanding Section 2102.005, the commission shall operate the
internal audit program required under Chapter 2102 for the
commission and each health and human services agency as a
consolidated internal audit program.
(b) For purposes of this section, a reference in Chapter
2102 to the administrator of a state agency with respect to a health
and human services agency means the executive commissioner.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.02731 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.02731. REPORT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGER TO
COMMISSION. Notwithstanding Section 2054.075(b), the information
resources manager of a health and human services agency shall
report directly to the executive commissioner or a deputy executive
commissioner designated by the executive commissioner.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.