89R24135 AND-F By: A. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 4700 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4700: By: Hull C.S.H.B. No. 4700 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the composition and duties 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 to read as follows: (a) The executive council shall seek and receive public comment on: (1) rulemaking and rule review activities of the commission [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 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.