By: Schwertner S.B. No. 277
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the abolition of certain health-related task forces and
advisory committees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Interagency Task Force on Electronic
Benefits Transfers is abolished.
(b) Section 531.045, Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. (a) The Medicaid and Public Assistance Fraud
Oversight Task Force is abolished.
(b) Section 22.028(c), Human Resources Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) No later than the first day of each month, the
department shall send the comptroller a report listing the accounts
on which enforcement actions or other steps were taken by the
department in response to the records received from the EBT
operator under this section, and the action taken by the
department. The comptroller shall promptly review the report and,
as appropriate, may solicit the advice of the office of the
inspector general [Medicaid and Public Assistance Fraud Oversight
Task Force] regarding the results of the department's enforcement
actions.
(c) Section 531.107, Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. (a) The Advisory Committee on Inpatient Mental
Health Services is abolished.
(b) Section 571.027, Health and Safety Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. (a) The Interagency Inspection Task Force is
abolished.
(b) Section 42.0442(c), Human Resources Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) [The interagency task force shall establish an
inspection checklist based on the inspection protocol developed
under Subsection (b).] Each state agency that inspects a facility
listed in Subsection (a) shall use an [the] inspection checklist
established by the department in performing an inspection. A state
agency shall make a copy of the completed inspection checklist
available to the facility at the facility's request to assist the
facility in maintaining records.
(c) Section 42.0442(b), Human Resources Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. If an entity that is abolished by this Act has
property, records, or other assets, the Health and Human Services
Commission shall take custody of the entity's property, records, or
other assets.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.