Sec. 531.0012. REFERENCES IN LAW MEANING EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER OR DESIGNEE. (a) In this code or in any other law, a reference to any of the following persons in relation to a function transferred to the commission under Section 531.0201, 531.02011, or 531.02012, as applicable, means the executive commissioner, the executive commissioner's designee, or the director of the division of the commission performing the function previously performed by the state agency from which it was transferred and that the person represented, as appropriate:

(1) the commissioner of aging and disability services;

(2) the commissioner of assistive and rehabilitative services;

(3) the commissioner of state health services; or

(4) the commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

(b) In this code or in any other law and notwithstanding any other law, a reference to any of the following persons or entities in relation to a function transferred to the commission under Section 531.0201, 531.02011, or 531.02012, as applicable, from the state agency that assumed or continued to perform the function in accordance with Chapter 198 (H.B. 2292), Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, means the executive commissioner or the director of the division of the commission performing the function performed before the enactment of Chapter 198 (H.B. 2292) by the state agency that was abolished or renamed by Chapter 198 (H.B. 2292) and that the person or entity represented:

(1) an executive director or other chief administrative officer of a state agency listed in Section 531.0011(b) or of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services; or

(2) the governing body of a state agency listed in Section 531.0011(b) or of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.

(c) A reference to any of the following councils means the executive commissioner or the executive commissioner's designee, as appropriate, and a function of any of the following councils is a function of that appropriate person:

(1) the Health and Human Services Council;

(2) the Aging and Disability Services Council;

(3) the Assistive and Rehabilitative Services Council;

(4) the Family and Protective Services Council; or

(5) the State Health Services Council.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.02, eff. September 1, 2015.