86R1466 LED-D
By: Oliverson H.B. No. 4489
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the performance of administrative support services
functions for the Health and Human Services Commission's office of
inspector general.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.102(a-3), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a-3) Notwithstanding Section 531.00553, the office [The
executive commissioner] is responsible for performing all
administrative support services functions necessary to operate the
office [in the same manner that the executive commissioner is
responsible for providing administrative support services
functions for the health and human services system], including
functions of the office related to the following:
(1) procurement processes;
(2) contracting policies;
(3) information technology services;
(4) [subject to Subsection (a-8),] legal services;
(5) budgeting; [and]
(6) personnel and employment policies; and
(7) hiring and dismissal of administrative staff,
including information technology staff.
SECTION 2. Section 531.102(a-8), Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.