85R3298 JCG-D     By: Price H.B. No. 1885       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain required reports prepared by state agencies and   other governmental entities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.751(b), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  The center shall examine the efficiency of the public   school system and the effectiveness of instructional methods and   curricular programs and promote the use of successful methods and   programs. The center shall monitor and evaluate the implementation   of the accountability system under Chapter 39 [and provide annual   progress reports to the governor, Legislative Budget Board, and   commissioner of education].          SECTION 2.  Section 531.421, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 531.421.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:                (1)  "Children with severe emotional disturbances"   includes:                      (A)  children who are at risk of incarceration or   placement in a residential mental health facility;                      (B)  children for whom a court may appoint the   Department of Family and Protective Services as managing   conservator;                      (C)  children who are students in a special   education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code;   and                      (D)  children who have a substance abuse disorder   or a developmental disability.                (2)  "Community resource coordination group" means a   coordination group established under a memorandum of understanding   adopted under Section 531.055.                (3)  ["Consortium" means the Texas System of Care   Consortium established under Subchapter G-1.                [(4)]  "Systems of care services" means a comprehensive   state system of mental health services and other necessary and   related services that is organized as a coordinated network to meet   the multiple and changing needs of children with severe emotional   disturbances and their families.          SECTION 3.  Section 531.422(c), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (c)  Each community resource coordination group shall submit   the report described by Subsection (b) to the commission   [consortium]. The commission [consortium] shall provide a deadline   to each group for submitting the reports. The time frame for   completing the reports must be coordinated with any regional   reviews by the commission of the delivery of related services.          SECTION 4.  Section 531.423, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 531.423.  SUMMARY REPORT BY COMMISSION [CONSORTIUM].   (a) The commission [consortium] shall create a summary report   based on the evaluations in the reports submitted to the commission   [consortium] by community resource coordination groups under   Section 531.422. The commission's [consortium's] report must   include recommendations for policy and statutory changes at each   agency that is involved in the provision of systems of care services   and the outcome expected from implementing each recommendation.          (b)  The commission [consortium] shall coordinate, where   appropriate, the recommendations in the report created under this   section with recommendations in the assessment developed under S.B.   No. 491, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, and   with the continuum of care developed under S.B. No. 490, Acts of the   78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.          (c)  The commission [consortium] may include in the report   created under this section recommendations for the statewide   expansion of sites participating in the Texas System of Care   Framework and the integration of services provided at those sites   with services provided by community resource coordination groups.          (d)  The commission [consortium] shall provide a copy of the   report created under this section to each agency for which the   report makes a recommendation and to other agencies as appropriate.          SECTION 5.  Section 552.009(d), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (d)  The members of the committee who represent state   governmental bodies and the public members of the committee shall   periodically study and determine the types of public information   for which it would be useful to the public or cost-effective for the   government if the type of information were made available by state   governmental bodies by means of the Internet or another electronic   format. The committee shall report its findings and   recommendations to the governor, the presiding officer of each   house of the legislature, [and] the budget committee of the house of   representatives, and the state affairs committee of each house of   the legislature.          SECTION 6.  Section 2102.009, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 2102.009.  ANNUAL REPORT. The internal auditor shall   prepare an annual report and submit the report before November 1 of   each year to the governor, the Legislative Budget Board, [the   Sunset Advisory Commission,] the state auditor, the state agency's   governing board, and the administrator. The state auditor shall   prescribe the form and content of the report, subject to the   approval of the legislative audit committee.          SECTION 7.  The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 386, Health   and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER E. EVALUATION OF UTILITY COMMISSION [AND COMPTROLLER]   ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS          SECTION 8.  Section 386.205, Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 386.205.  EVALUATION OF UTILITY COMMISSION [AND   COMPTROLLER] ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS. In cooperation with the   laboratory, the utility commission shall provide an annual report   to the commission that, by county, quantifies the reductions of   energy demand, peak loads, and associated emissions of air   contaminants achieved [from programs implemented by the state   energy conservation office and] from programs implemented under   Section 39.905, Utilities Code.          SECTION 9.  Section 13, Chapter 1282 (H.B. 2), Acts of the   84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 13.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID   HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS FEE AND ASSOCIATED FEDERAL INCOME TAX.   In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal   biennium ending August 31, 2015, $79,685,024 is appropriated out of   the general revenue fund, and $113,570,204 is appropriated out of   federal funds, to the Health and Human Services Commission for Goal   B, Medicaid, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd   Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations   Act), for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2015, for the   purpose of adjusting Medicaid capitation payments made to managed   care organizations providing health care services through managed   care plans under the Medicaid program to account for the health   insurance providers fee imposed under Section 9010 of the federal   Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148),   as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of   2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152), and the associated effects of that fee   on federal income taxes. [Before the Health and Human Services   Commission makes any capitation payments to managed care   organizations that are adjusted using money appropriated under this   section, the executive commissioner of the commission shall submit   a report to the Legislative Budget Board that specifies:                [(1)     the methodology and bases used to determine the   amount of the capitation payment adjustments;                [(2)     the amounts by which capitation payments are   adjusted using money appropriated under this section; and                [(3)     whether any managed care organization that is a   recipient of a capitation payment adjustment paid using money   appropriated under this section was also a recipient of one or more   other Medicaid capitation payment adjustments paid during the state   fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, or August 31, 2015, and the   aggregate cost to this state of the other Medicaid capitation   payment adjustments paid during those bienniums.]          SECTION 10.  The following provisions are repealed:                (1)  Section 22.0252(b), Human Resources Code; and                (2)  Section 26.3574(x), Water Code.          SECTION 11.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.