87R12434 TJB-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 4493
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that a state agency provide information
to another state agency on request.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 774, Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 774. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN CERTAIN [REGULATORY]
AGENCIES
SECTION 2. Section 774.001, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 774.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Health care provider" means a person who has been
issued a license by a health care regulatory agency.
(2) "Health care regulatory agency" means a regulatory
agency that:
(A) appoints a member of the Health Professions
Council; or
(B) is supervised by the health licensing
division of the Texas Department of Health.
(3) "License" includes a license, certificate,
registration, permit, or other authorization, required by law or
state agency rule, that a person must obtain to practice or engage
in a particular business or occupation.
(4) "Regulatory agency" means an agency, including a
department, commission, board, or office, that:
(A) is created by the constitution or by statute;
(B) is in the executive branch of state
government;
(C) has statewide authority; and
(D) has authority to deny, grant, renew, revoke,
or suspend a license.
(5) "State agency" means a department, commission,
board, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state
government, including a university system or institution of higher
education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
SECTION 3. Chapter 774, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 774.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 774.004. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN STATE
AGENCIES. (a) A state agency that receives a written request for
information, other than information that is confidential under law,
from another state agency shall provide the information to the
requesting agency not later than the 10th day following the date the
request is received.
(b) A state agency that receives a request under this
section must provide the information to the requesting state agency
without cost.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.