HB4700 - Relating to the composition and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission Executive Council.

  89R24135 AND-F     By: A. Davis of Dallas 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.