Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2385 directs the Sunset Advisory Commission, in its scheduled review of health and human services agencies, to study the need for objective research and analysis of health and human services needs and programs and options for objective development of a long-range strategic plan for health and human services in Texas. The commission's study must also address whether existing legislative resources include safeguards to maintain the quality of research and promote greater accountability to state leadership, and address the best means of providing to the legislature the research information necessary to manage Texas health and human services in the future.