Sec. 531.02031. STUDY ON CONTINUING NEED FOR CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES. (a) Not later than September 1, 2018, the executive commissioner shall conduct a study and submit a report and recommendation to the Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee regarding the need to continue the Department of Family and Protective Services and the Department of State Health Services as state agencies separate from the commission.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2018, the Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee shall review the report and recommendation submitted under Subsection (a) and submit a report and recommendation to the legislature regarding the need to continue the Department of Family and Protective Services and the Department of State Health Services as state agencies separate from the commission.
(c) The Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee shall include the following in the report submitted to the legislature under Subsection (b):
(1) an evaluation of the transfer of prevention and early intervention services functions to the Department of Family and Protective Services as provided by this subchapter, including an evaluation of:
(A) any increased coordination and efficiency in the operation of the programs achieved as a result of the transfer;
(B) the department's coordination with other state agency programs providing similar prevention and early intervention services; and
(C) the department's interaction with stakeholders and other interested parties in performing the department's functions; and
(2) any recommendations concerning the transfer of prevention and early intervention services functions of the department to another state agency.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.01(a), eff. September 1, 2015.
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