By: Frank (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 4094

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021; May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain procurements by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2155.089(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) This section does not apply to:

(1) an enrollment contract described by 1 T.A.C. Section 391.183 as that section existed on September 1, 2015;

(2) a contract of the Employees Retirement System of Texas except for a contract with a nongovernmental entity for claims administration of a group health benefit plan under Subtitle H, Title 8, Insurance Code; [or]

(3) a contract entered into by:

(A) the comptroller under Section 2155.061; or

(B) the Department of Information Resources under Section 2157.068; or

(4) a child-specific contract entered into by the Department of Family and Protective Services for a child without placement.

SECTION 2. Section 2155.144(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) This section applies only to the Health and Human Services Commission, [and to] each health and human services agency, and the Department of Family and Protective Services. For the purposes of this section, the Department of Family and Protective Services is considered a health and human services agency.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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