By: A. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 4700
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the responsibilities and composition of the Health and
Human Services Commission Executive Council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 523.0102(a), Government Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a)(1) to read as follows:
(a) The executive council shall seek and receive public
comment on:
(1) commission rulemaking activities [proposed
rules];
(2) advisory committee recommendations;
(3) legislative appropriations requests or other
documents related to the appropriations process;
(4) the operation of health and human services
programs; and
(5) other items the executive commissioner determines
appropriate.
SECTION 2. Section 523.0103(a), Government Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a)(2) to read as follows:
(a) The executive council is composed of:
(1) the executive commissioner;
(2) the director of each division established by the
executive commissioner [established under former Section
531.008(c) before the expiration of that subsection on September 1,
2023];
(3) the commissioner of a health and human services
agency;
(4) the commissioner of the Department of Family and
Protective Services, regardless of whether that agency continues as
a state agency separate from the commission; and
(5) other individuals the executive commissioner
appoints as the executive commissioner determines necessary.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.