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Senate Bill 219 |
Senate Author: Schwertner et al. |
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Effective: 4-2-15 |
House Sponsor: Price et al. |
Senate Bill 219 amends provisions of the Family Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Human Resources Code, Occupations Code, Agriculture Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Education Code relating to the provision of health and human services. Among other provisions, the bill updates and clarifies statutory language to reflect current health and human services agency functions and practices and to conform to previously enacted legislation; repeals obsolete, duplicative, or superseded provisions of law; conforms statutory language to person-first respectful language requirements; and clarifies certain administrative responsibilities, powers, duties, and rulemaking procedures for the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission and other health and human services agencies and officers.