74R9058 MLR-D
By McDonald H.B. No. 1585
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1585:
By Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 1585
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the composition and powers of the Legislative Health
1-3 and Human Services Board.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 330.001(b), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The board is composed of:
1-8 (1) the lieutenant governor, or a senator appointed by
1-9 the lieutenant governor as the lieutenant governor's
1-10 representative;
1-11 (2) the speaker of the house of representatives, or a
1-12 house member appointed by the speaker as the speaker's
1-13 representative;
1-14 (3) the chair of the Senate Health and Human Services
1-15 Committee, or a member of the committee appointed by the chair of
1-16 that committee;
1-17 (4) the chair of the House Public Health <Senate
1-18 Finance> Committee, or a member of the committee appointed by the
1-19 chair of that committee;
1-20 (5) the chair of the House Human Services Committee,
1-21 or a member of the committee appointed by the chair of that
1-22 committee;
1-23 (6) two <four> state representatives appointed by the
1-24 speaker of the house; and
2-1 (7) <(6)> two senators appointed by the lieutenant
2-2 governor.
2-3 SECTION 2. Section 330.002, Government Code, is amended to
2-4 read as follows:
2-5 Sec. 330.002. CHAIR. The lieutenant governor and speaker of
2-6 the house shall alternately appoint members to serve <alternate
2-7 serving> as chair and vice-chair of the board. Each term as chair
2-8 is for two years concurrent with the fiscal biennium.
2-9 SECTION 3. Section 330.004, Government Code, is amended to
2-10 read as follows:
2-11 Sec. 330.004. MEETINGS. The board shall meet at least
2-12 quarterly and at other times at the call of the chair or at the
2-13 call of a majority of the members of the board or a majority of the
2-14 board members of either house. If possible, the board shall meet
2-15 not earlier than the seventh day before the date on which a
2-16 Legislative Budget Board meeting is scheduled.
2-17 SECTION 4. Section 330.005, Government Code, is amended by
2-18 amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (g) to read
2-19 as follows:
2-20 (a) The board shall oversee and review the implementation of
2-21 legislative health and human services policy<, including fiscal
2-22 policy,> by state agencies that have the statutory duty to
2-23 implement that policy. The board's oversight and review functions
2-24 include fiscal policy such as line-item transfers, Medicaid
2-25 waivers, structural changes in the Medicaid delivery system,
2-26 recommendations relating to fraud in the welfare system, and
2-27 cross-agency programs and projects among the health and human
3-1 services agencies, including integrated delivery systems and the
3-2 coordination of delivery of services to children and families under
3-3 Chapter 72, Human Resources Code. The board may require
3-4 information and reports from state agencies as necessary to carry
3-5 out its duties.
3-6 (c) The board shall make regular reports <recommendations>
3-7 to the legislature and the Legislative Budget Board concerning
3-8 needed changes in legislative health and human services policy.
3-9 (g) The board shall oversee and review local efforts in the
3-10 health and human services fields, including local models and local
3-11 matching funds, the flexibility of the use of available funds among
3-12 the local health and human services agencies, and the blending of
3-13 funds among those agencies to foster innovation and improve
3-14 accessibility to federal matching funds.
3-15 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-21 passage, and it is so enacted.