Sec. 531.0203. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TRANSITION LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. (a) In this section, "committee" means the Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee established under this section.

(b) The Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee is created to facilitate the transfer of functions under Sections 531.0201, 531.02011, and 531.02012 with minimal negative effect on the delivery of services to which those functions relate.

(c) The committee is composed of 11 voting members, as follows:

(1) four members of the senate, appointed by the lieutenant governor;

(2) four members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and

(3) three members of the public, appointed by the governor.

(d) The executive commissioner serves as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the committee.

(e) A member of the committee serves at the pleasure of the appointing official.

(f) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each designate a presiding co-chair from among their respective appointments.

(g) A member of the committee may not receive compensation for serving on the committee but is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of the committee as provided by the General Appropriations Act.

(h) The committee shall:

(1) facilitate the transfer of functions under Sections 531.0201, 531.02011, and 531.02012 with minimal negative effect on the delivery of services to which those functions relate;

(2) with assistance from the commission and the state agencies and entities from which functions are transferred under Sections 531.0201, 531.02011, and 531.02012, advise the executive commissioner concerning:

(A) the functions to be transferred under this subchapter and the funds and obligations that are related to the functions;

(B) the transfer of the functions and related records, property, funds, and obligations by the state agencies and entities as provided by this subchapter; and

(C) the reorganization of the commission's administrative structure in accordance with this subchapter, Sections 531.0055, 531.00553, 531.00561, 531.00562, and 531.008, and other provisions enacted by the 84th Legislature that become law; and

(3) meet:

(A) during the period between the establishment of the committee and September 1, 2017, at least quarterly at the call of either chair, in addition to meeting at other times as determined appropriate by either chair;

(B) during the period between September 2, 2017, and December 31, 2019, at least semiannually at the call of either chair, in addition to meeting at other times as determined appropriate by either chair; and

(C) during the period between January 1, 2020, and August 31, 2023, at least annually at the call of either chair, in addition to meeting at other times as determined appropriate by either chair.

(i) Chapter 551 applies to the committee.

(j) The committee shall submit a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and legislature not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year. The report must include an update on the progress of and issues related to:

(1) the transfer of functions under Sections 531.0201, 531.02011, and 531.02012 to the commission and the Department of Family and Protective Services, including the need for any additional statutory changes required to complete the transfer of prevention and early intervention services functions to the department in accordance with this subchapter; and

(2) the reorganization of the commission's administrative structure in accordance with this subchapter, Sections 531.0055, 531.00553, 531.00561, 531.00562, and 531.008, and other provisions enacted by the 84th Legislature that become law.

(k) The committee is abolished September 1, 2023.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.01(a), eff. September 1, 2015.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1138 (S.B. 208), Sec. 27(a), eff. September 1, 2015.