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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the repeal of obsolete or redundant reporting |
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requirements of health and human services agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. ABOLITION OF REDUNDANT OR OBSOLETE REPORTS. |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, each report |
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required of a health and human services agency under a state law |
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before the effective date of this act is abolished on the date |
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prescribed in this act if the governor, lieutenant governor, |
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speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officers |
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of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, House Human |
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Services Committee, and House Public Health Committee or their |
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successors determine that the report is: |
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(1) no longer required to accomplish the objectives of |
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the statute under which it was required; or |
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(2) redundant of other statutory reporting |
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requirements. |
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(b) A report required of a health and human services agency |
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under a state law before the effective date of this act is not |
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abolished if the report is: |
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(1) required by federal law; |
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(2) applicable to state agencies other than health and |
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human services agencies; or |
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(3) as determined by the executive commissioner of the |
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Health and Human Services Commission, required for the |
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implementation of a duty prescribed under a state law with an |
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effective date on or after the effective date of this act. |
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(c) No later than December 1, 2009, the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall: |
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(1) identify which reports should be considered for |
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abolition under Subsection (a) of this act and report such |
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recommendations to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of |
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the house or representatives, and the presiding officers of the |
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Senate Health and Human Services Committee, House Human Services |
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Committee, and the House Public Health Committee for their |
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consideration. The recommendations shall include a summary of the |
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report and the justification for the recommendations. |
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(2) The executive commissioner shall provide a copy of |
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the recommendations to the State Auditor's Office, the Legislative |
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Budget Board, and the Library and Archives Commission. |
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(3) The executive commissioner shall publish the list |
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of reports recommended for abolition in the Texas Register and on |
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the agency website. |
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(d) If, not later than February 1, 2010, any of the |
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officials identified in subsection (a) object to the recommendation |
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of a specific report for abolition, the report shall not be |
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abolished and shall continue in effect without change. |
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(1) Any report for which there is no such objection is |
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abolished effective February 1, 2010. |
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(2) The executive commissioner shall publish the list |
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of reports that are abolished under subsection (a) of this act in |
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the Texas Register. |
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(e) A report that is required by a statute with an effective |
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date on or after the effective date of this act is exempt from |
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abolition under Subsection (a) of this act. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |