Tex. Gov't Code Section 525.0002
Location of and Consolidation of Certain Services Among Health and Human Services Agencies

(a)

The commission may require a health and human services agency, under the commission’s direction, to:

(1)

ensure that the agency’s location is accessible to:

(A)

employees with disabilities; and

(B)

agency clients with disabilities; and

(2)

consolidate agency support services, including clerical, administrative, and information resources support services, with support services provided to or by another health and human services agency.

(b)

The executive commissioner may require a health and human services agency, under the executive commissioner’s direction, to locate all or a portion of the agency’s employees and programs:

(1)

in the same building as another health and human services agency; or

(2)

at a location near or adjacent to another health and human services agency’s location.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.

Source: Section 525.0002 — Location of and Consolidation of Certain Services Among Health and Human Services Agencies, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­525.­htm#525.­0002 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

525.0001
Powers and Duties Relating to Health and Human Services Administration 525.0002
Location of and Consolidation of Certain Services Among Health and Human Services Agencies 525.0003
Consolidated Internal Audit Program 525.0004
Interagency Dispute Arbitration 525.0051
Management Information and Cost Accounting Systems 525.0052
Federal Funds: Planning and Management 525.0053
Authority to Transfer Certain Appropriated Amounts Among Health and Human Services Agencies 525.0054
Efficiency Audit of Certain Assistance Programs 525.0055
Gifts and Grants 525.0101
General Contract Authority 525.0102
Subrogation and Third-party Reimbursement Contracts 525.0151
Planning and Delivery of Health and Human Services Generally 525.0152
Planning and Policy Direction of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program 525.0153
Annual Business Services Plans 525.0154
Coordinated Strategic Plan and Biennial Plan Updates for Health and Human Services 525.0155
Coordination with Local Governmental Entities 525.0156
Submission and Review of Agency Strategic Plans and Biennial Plan Updates 525.0157
Statewide Needs Appraisal Project 525.0158
Streamlining Service Delivery 525.0159
Hotline and Call Center Coordination 525.0160
Community-based Support Systems 525.0201
Definitions 525.0202
Health Information Exchange System Development 525.0203
Health Information Exchange System Implementation in Stages 525.0204
Health Information Exchange System Stage One: Encounter Data 525.0205
Health Information Exchange System Stage One: Electronic Prescribing 525.0206
Health Information Exchange System Stage Two: Expansion 525.0207
Health Information Exchange System Stage Three: Expansion 525.0208
Strategies to Encourage Health Information Exchange System Use 525.0209
Rules 525.0251
Information Resources Strategic Planning and Management 525.0252
Technological Solutions Policies 525.0253
Technology Use for Adult Protective Services Program 525.0254
Electronic Signatures 525.0255
Health and Human Services System Internet Websites 525.0256
Automation Standards for Data Sharing 525.0257
Electronic Exchange of Health Information 525.0301
Biennial Reference Guide 525.0302
Consolidation of Reports 525.0303
Annual Report on Safeguarding Protected Health Information
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 525.0002’s source at texas​.gov