88R14536 LRM-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 5021
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring Health and Human Services Commission
contractors to report certain information regarding
subcontractors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.0185 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0185. SUBCONTRACTOR INFORMATION CLAUSE. (a) The
commission shall include in each contract the commission enters
into a clause that requires any contractor to disclose the
following information relating to any subcontractor under the
contract:
(1) the process the contractor uses to select
subcontractors;
(2) the number of persons who submit subcontractor
proposals to the contractor and the name of each person who:
(A) submits a proposal to be a subcontractor; and
(B) is awarded a subcontract under the contract;
and
(3) the reasons for the contractor's selection of one
subcontractor over another subcontractor.
(b) Not later than September 1 of each year, the commission
shall submit a report to the legislature and the presiding officer
of each legislative standing committee with jurisdiction over the
commission that includes a summary of the information collected
from reports submitted under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 531.0185, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.