1-1     By:  Zaffirini, Moncrief                                S.B. No. 54
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed November 13, 2000; January 10, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
 1-4     Services; March 5, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
 1-5     Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;
 1-6     March 5, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 54                     By:  Madla
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to reports by health and human services agencies on the
1-11     efforts to deliver health and human services to young Texans.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
1-14     amended by adding Section 531.0244 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 531.0244.  DELIVERY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO
1-16     YOUNG TEXANS.  (a)  The executive head of each health and human
1-17     services agency shall report annually to the governing body of that
1-18     agency on that agency's efforts to provide health and human
1-19     services to children younger than six years of age, including the
1-20     development of any new programs or the enhancement of existing
1-21     programs.  The agency shall submit a copy of the report to the
1-22     commission.
1-23           (b)  The commission shall prepare and deliver a biennial
1-24     report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the
1-25     house of representatives, the comptroller, the Legislative Budget
1-26     Board, and appropriate legislative committees on the efforts of the
1-27     health and human services agencies to provide health and human
1-28     services to children younger than six years of age.  The report may
1-29     contain recommendations by the commission to better coordinate
1-30     state agency programs relating to the delivery of health and human
1-31     services to children younger than six years of age and may propose
1-32     joint agency collaborative programs.
1-33           (c)  The commissioner shall adopt rules relating to the
1-34     reports required by Subsection (a), including rules specifying when
1-35     and in what manner a health and human services agency must report
1-36     and the information to be included in the report.  Each agency
1-37     shall follow the rules adopted by the commissioner under this
1-38     section.
1-39           SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2002, the Health and
1-40     Human Services Commission shall prepare and deliver the first
1-41     biennial report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
1-42     speaker of the house of representatives, the comptroller of public
1-43     accounts, the Legislative Budget Board, and appropriate legislative
1-44     committees on the efforts of the health and human services agencies
1-45     to provide health and human services to children younger than six
1-46     years of age, as required by Subsection (b), Section 531.0244,
1-47     Government Code, as added by this Act.
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