By: Frank H.B. No. 4094
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to procurements by Health and Human Services Agencies and
exemptions for contracts entered into by the Department of Family
and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2155.089, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) This section does not apply to:
(1) an enrollment contract described by 1 T.A.C.
Section 391.183 as that section existed on September 1, 2015;
(2) a contract of the Employees Retirement System of
Texas except for a contract with a nongovernmental entity for
claims administration of a group health benefit plan under Subtitle
H, Title 8, Insurance Code; or
(3) a child specific contract entered into by the
Department of Family and Protective Services for a child without
placement; or
(4) (3) a contract entered into by:
(A) the comptroller under Section 2155.061; or
(B) the Department of Information Resources
under Section 2157.068.
SECTION 2. Section 2155.144, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (q) to read as follows:
(q) For the purposes of this section only, the Department of
Family and Protective Services is considered a health and human
services agency.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect September 1, 2021.