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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Health and Human Services |
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Commission Executive Council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 523.0103(a) and (c), Government Code, |
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as effective April 1, 2025, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The executive council is composed of: |
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(1) the executive commissioner; |
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(2) the director of each division the executive |
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commissioner established under former Section 531.008(c) before |
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the expiration of that subsection on September 1, 2023; |
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(3) the commissioner of a health and human services |
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agency; |
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(4) the commissioner of the Department of Family and |
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Protective Services, regardless of whether that agency continues as |
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a state agency separate from the commission; [and] |
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(5) at least one parent or guardian of a child with a |
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disability who is a Medicaid recipient, including a recipient of |
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services under a Medicaid waiver program, appointed by the |
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executive commissioner; and |
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(6) other individuals the executive commissioner |
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appoints as the executive commissioner determines necessary. |
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(c) An executive council member appointed under Subsection |
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(a)(5) or (6) serves at the executive commissioner's pleasure. |
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SECTION 2. Section 523.0107, Government Code, as effective |
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April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 523.0107. COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT FOR |
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EXPENSES. An executive council member appointed under Section |
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523.0103(a)(5) or (6) may not receive compensation for service as a |
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council member but is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses |
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the member incurs while conducting council business as provided by |
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the General Appropriations Act. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall appoint at least one parent or guardian |
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of a child with a disability to the commission's executive council |
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as required by Section 523.0103(a)(5), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |