By: Frank H.B. No. 4094       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   Relating to procurements by Health and Human Services Agencies and   exemptions for contracts entered into by the Department of Family   and Protective Services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:   SECTION 1.  Section 2155.089, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  This section does not apply to:                (1)  an enrollment contract described by 1 T.A.C.   Section 391.183 as that section existed on September 1, 2015;                (2)  a contract of the Employees Retirement System of   Texas except for a contract with a nongovernmental entity for   claims administration of a group health benefit plan under Subtitle   H, Title 8, Insurance Code; or                (3)  a child specific contract entered into by the   Department of Family and Protective Services for a child without   placement; or                (4) (3)  a contract entered into by:                      (A)  the comptroller under Section 2155.061; or                      (B)  the Department of Information Resources   under Section 2157.068.   SECTION 2.  Section 2155.144, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (q) to read as follows:          (q)  For the purposes of this section only, the Department of   Family and Protective Services is considered a health and human   services agency.   SECTION 3.  This act takes effect September 1, 2021.