HB 4700

relating to the responsibilities and composition of the Health and
Human Services Commission Executive Council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 523.0102(a), Government Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a)(1) to read as follows:
(a)  The executive council shall seek and receive public
(1)  commission rulemaking activities [proposed
(2)  advisory committee recommendations;
(3)  legislative appropriations requests or other
documents related to the appropriations process;
(4)  the operation of health and human services
(5)  other items the executive commissioner determines
SECTION 2.  Section 523.0103(a), Government Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a)(2) to read as follows:
(a)  The executive council is composed of:
(1)  the executive commissioner;
(2)  the director of each division established by the
executive commissioner [established under former Section
531.008(c) before the expiration of that subsection on September 1,
(3)  the commissioner of a health and human services
(4)  the commissioner of the Department of Family and
Protective Services, regardless of whether that agency continues as
a state agency separate from the commission; and
(5)  other individuals the executive commissioner
appoints as the executive commissioner determines necessary.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.