88R13404 SCP-F

By: Klick H.B. No. 4629

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the terms and qualifications of members on the Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign Advisory Committee.

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

SECTION 1. Section 534.053, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(b) To the greatest extent possible, the executive commissioner shall appoint members of the advisory committee who:

(1) reflect the geographic diversity of the state and include members who represent rural Medicaid recipients; and

(2) will ensure the continuity in and effective fulfillment of the advisory committee's advisory responsibility.

(b-1) A member of the advisory committee serves a four-year term and may be reappointed.

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section 534.053, Government Code, as amended by this Act.

SECTION 3. Section 534.053(b-1), Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to a member of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign Advisory Committee, regardless of when the member was appointed. For purposes of that section, the term of a member appointed to the advisory committee before the effective date of this Act begins on the effective date of this Act or the date designated by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission as the executive commissioner determines necessary to effectuate staggered terms.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023.