Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB800 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/25/2021

                    87R2933 SGM-D
 By: Nelson S.B. No. 800


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to certain required reports or information received or
 prepared by state agencies and other governmental entities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Article 2.305(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  An entity described by Subsection (a) that investigates
 the alleged commission of an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code,
 or the alleged commission of an offense under Chapter 43, Penal
 Code, which may involve human trafficking, shall submit a monthly
 report on the offenses investigated in the previous month to the
 attorney general containing the following information:
 (1)  the offense being investigated, including a brief
 description of the alleged prohibited conduct;
 (2)  regarding each person suspected of committing the
 offense and each victim of the offense:
 (A)  the person's:
 (i)  age;
 (ii)  gender; and
 (iii)  race or ethnicity, as defined by
 Article 2.132; and
 (B)  the case number associated with the offense
 and the person suspected of committing the offense;
 (3)  the date, time, and location of the alleged
 offense;
 (4)  the type of human trafficking involved, including:
 (A)  forced labor or services, as defined by
 Section 20A.01, Penal Code;
 (B)  causing the victim by force, fraud, or
 coercion to engage in prohibited conduct involving one or more
 sexual activities, including conduct described by Section
 20A.02(a)(3), Penal Code; or
 (C)  causing a child victim by any means to engage
 in, or become the victim of, prohibited conduct involving one or
 more sexual activities, including conduct described by Section
 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code;
 (5)  if available, information regarding any victims'
 service organization or program to which the victim was referred as
 part of the investigation; and
 (6)  the disposition of the investigation, if any,
 regardless of the manner of disposition.
 SECTION 2.  Sections 403.0147(b) and (c), Government Code,
 are amended to read as follows:
 (b)  Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year,
 the comptroller shall submit a report to the legislature that
 identifies for each state agency:
 (1)  each program the state agency is statutorily
 required to implement for which no appropriation was made for the
 preceding state fiscal year, along with a citation to the law
 imposing the requirement; and
 (2)  the amount and source of money the state agency
 spent, if any, to implement any portion of the program described by
 Subdivision (1) during the preceding state fiscal year.
 (c)  A state agency shall provide to the comptroller not
 later than September 30 of each even-numbered year information
 necessary for the comptroller to prepare the report required by
 this section.  The comptroller may prescribe the form and content of
 the information a state agency must provide.
 SECTION 3.  Section 404.094(a), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (a)  Fees, fines, penalties, taxes, charges, gifts, grants,
 donations, and other funds collected or received by a state agency
 under law shall be deposited in the treasury, credited to a special
 fund or funds, and subject to appropriation only for the purposes
 for which they are otherwise authorized to be expended or
 disbursed.  A deposit shall be made at the earliest possible time
 that the treasury can accept those funds, but not later than the
 third business day after the date of receipt.  However, if an agency
 determines that for seasonal or other extraordinary reasons
 deposits cannot be made by the third business day after the date of
 receipt, the agency shall provide written notice of the
 determination to the state auditor and comptroller with an
 explanation of the circumstances that require the delay. If the
 state auditor finds that an agency has not complied with this
 subsection, the state auditor shall make an estimate of any
 resulting financial loss to the state, taking into consideration
 compliance costs that would have been additionally incurred by the
 agency, and report the amount on the state auditor's Internet
 website [to the legislative audit committee, the governor, and the
 comptroller].
 SECTION 4.  Section 531.02492(b), Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  The commission shall electronically publish on the
 commission's Internet website a biennial report and, on or before
 the date the report is due, shall notify the governor, the
 lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
 the comptroller, [the Legislative Budget Board,] and the
 appropriate legislative committees that the report is available on
 the commission's Internet website.  The report must address the
 efforts of the health and human services agencies to provide health
 and human services to children younger than six years of age.  The
 report may contain recommendations by the commission to better
 coordinate state agency programs relating to the delivery of health
 and human services to children younger than six years of age and may
 propose joint agency collaborative programs.
 SECTION 5.  Section 531.0998, Government Code, is amended by
 adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
 (g)  The report may be consolidated with any other report
 relating to the same subject matter the commission is required to
 submit under other law.
 SECTION 6.  Section 531.108(e), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (e)  Not later than October 1 of each year, the [The]
 commission shall submit to the governor and Legislative Budget
 Board an annual report on the results of computerized matching of
 commission information with information from neighboring states,
 if any, and information from the Texas Department of Criminal
 Justice.  The report may be consolidated with any other report
 relating to the same subject matter the commission is required to
 submit under other law.
 SECTION 7.  Section 2054.077(b), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (b)  The information security officer of a state agency shall
 prepare or have prepared a report, including an executive summary
 of the findings of the biennial report, not later than June 1
 [October 15] of each even-numbered year, assessing the extent to
 which a computer, a computer program, a computer network, a
 computer system, a printer, an interface to a computer system,
 including mobile and peripheral devices, computer software, or data
 processing of the agency or of a contractor of the agency is
 vulnerable to unauthorized access or harm, including the extent to
 which the agency's or contractor's electronically stored
 information is vulnerable to alteration, damage, erasure, or
 inappropriate use.
 SECTION 8.  Section 2054.515(b), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (b)  Not later than December 1 of the year in which a state
 agency conducts the assessment under Subsection (a) or the 60th day
 after the date the agency completes the assessment, whichever
 occurs first, the agency shall report the results of the assessment
 to:
 (1)  the department; and
 (2)  on request, the governor, the lieutenant governor,
 and the speaker of the house of representatives.
 SECTION 9.  Section 2054.516(a), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (a)  Each state agency implementing an Internet website or
 mobile application that processes any sensitive personal or
 personally identifiable information or confidential information
 must:
 (1)  submit a biennial data security plan to the
 department not later than June 1 [October 15] of each even-numbered
 year to establish planned beta testing for the website or
 application; and
 (2)  subject the website or application to a
 vulnerability and penetration test and address any vulnerability
 identified in the test.
 SECTION 10.  Section 2054.5192(e), Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (e)  A contractor required to complete a cybersecurity
 training program under this section shall verify completion of the
 program to the contracting state agency.  The person who oversees
 contract management for the agency shall:
 (1)  not later than August 31 of each year, report the
 contractor's completion to the department; and
 (2)  periodically review agency contracts to ensure
 compliance with this section.
 SECTION 11.  The heading to Section 2310.052, Government
 Code, is amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 2310.052.  EVALUATION[; REPORT].
 SECTION 12.  Section 103.013(f), Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (f)  Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year,
 each state agency affected by the state plan, other than a state
 agency represented on the council, shall report to the council, the
 Legislative Budget Board, and the Governor's Office of Budget and
 Planning:
 (1)  information determined under Subsection (e); and
 (2)  each deviation from the council's proposed plan,
 including an explanation for the deviation.
 SECTION 13.  Sections 533A.006(a) and (b), Health and Safety
 Code, are amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The executive commissioner shall submit a report to the
 Texas Medical Board not later than 30 days after the last day of a
 month during which any allegation is received by the commission
 that a physician employed by or under contract with the commission
 in relation to services provided under this title has committed an
 action that constitutes a ground for the denial or revocation of the
 physician's license under Section 164.051, Occupations Code. The
 report must be made in the manner provided by Section 154.051,
 Occupations Code.
 (b)  The department shall provide to the Texas Medical Board
 a printed and electronic copy of any report or finding relating to
 an investigation of an allegation reported to that board.
 SECTION 14.  Section 534.068(f), Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (f)  The department shall annually submit to the governor[,
 Legislative Budget Board,] and Legislative Audit Committee a
 summary of the significant findings identified during the
 department's reviews of fiscal audit activities.
 SECTION 15.  Section 22.0292(d), Human Resources Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (d)  Not later than October 1 of each year, the [The]
 commission shall submit to the governor and the Legislative Budget
 Board an annual report on the operation and success of the
 information matching system required by this section. The report
 may be consolidated with any other report relating to the same
 subject matter the commission is required to submit under other
 law.
 SECTION 16.  Section 101A.107, Human Resources Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 101A.107.  REPORT ON UNIT COSTS. The department shall
 file with the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office of
 Budget, Planning, and Policy a report that clearly identifies in a
 state fiscal year the unit cost of each service, other than services
 related to community service volunteering and subsidized
 employment services, provided by an area agency on aging.  The
 report must be filed annually [twice each year] on or before the
 date specified by the Legislative Budget Board. The report must be
 in the form required by the Legislative Budget Board.
 SECTION 17.  Section 161.079(g), Human Resources Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (g)  The department shall analyze the data reported under
 Subsection (f) and collected from the form under Subsection (d)
 [and shall submit a report not later than December 1 of each
 even-numbered year to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board
 that summarizes the data analysis].
 SECTION 18.  The heading to Section 413.0515, Labor Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 413.0515.  REPORTS OF [PHYSICIAN AND] CHIROPRACTOR
 VIOLATIONS.
 SECTION 19.  Section 1001.023(b), Transportation Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  The chair shall:
 (1)  preside over board meetings, make rulings on
 motions and points of order, and determine the order of business;
 (2)  represent the department in dealing with the
 governor;
 (3)  report to the governor on the state of affairs of
 the department at least quarterly;
 (4)  report to the board the governor's suggestions for
 department operations;
 (5)  report to the governor on efforts, including
 legislative requirements, to maximize the efficiency of department
 operations through the use of private enterprise;
 (6)  periodically review the department's
 organizational structure and submit recommendations for structural
 changes to the governor and [,] the board[, and the Legislative
 Budget Board];
 (7)  designate at least one employee of the department
 as a civil rights officer of the department and receive regular
 reports from the officer or officers on the department's efforts to
 comply with civil rights legislation and administrative rules;
 (8)  create subcommittees, appoint board members to
 subcommittees, and receive the reports of subcommittees to the
 board as a whole;
 (9)  appoint a member of the board to act in the absence
 of the chair and vice chair; and
 (10)  serve as the departmental liaison with the
 governor and the Office of State-Federal Relations to maximize
 federal funding for transportation.
 SECTION 20.  The following provisions are repealed:
 (1)  Section 201.0227(d-1), Agriculture Code;
 (2)  Section 447.010(j), Government Code;
 (3)  Chapter 2061, Government Code;
 (4)  Section 2165.303(b), Government Code;
 (5)  Section 2310.052(b), Government Code;
 (6)  Section 104.026(c), Health and Safety Code;
 (7)  Section 533A.062(e), Health and Safety Code;
 (8)  Section 22.015, Human Resources Code;
 (9)  Section 408.030, Labor Code;
 (10)  Section 413.0515(a), Labor Code;
 (11)  Section 203.154(a), Occupations Code;
 (12)  Section 452.159, Occupations Code;
 (13)  Section 223.042(f), Transportation Code; and
 (14)  Section 228.012(c), Transportation Code.
 SECTION 21.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.