Bill Text: TX HB4493 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that a state agency provide information to another state agency on request.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4493 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4493-Introduced.html
87R12434 TJB-D | ||
By: Wilson | H.B. No. 4493 |
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relating to the requirement that a state agency provide information | ||
to another state agency on request. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 774, Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 774. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN CERTAIN [ |
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AGENCIES | ||
SECTION 2. Section 774.001, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 774.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Health care provider" means a person who has been | ||
issued a license by a health care regulatory agency. | ||
(2) "Health care regulatory agency" means a regulatory | ||
agency that: | ||
(A) appoints a member of the Health Professions | ||
Council; or | ||
(B) is supervised by the health licensing | ||
division of the Texas Department of Health. | ||
(3) "License" includes a license, certificate, | ||
registration, permit, or other authorization, required by law or | ||
state agency rule, that a person must obtain to practice or engage | ||
in a particular business or occupation. | ||
(4) "Regulatory agency" means an agency, including a | ||
department, commission, board, or office, that: | ||
(A) is created by the constitution or by statute; | ||
(B) is in the executive branch of state | ||
government; | ||
(C) has statewide authority; and | ||
(D) has authority to deny, grant, renew, revoke, | ||
or suspend a license. | ||
(5) "State agency" means a department, commission, | ||
board, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state | ||
government, including a university system or institution of higher | ||
education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Chapter 774, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 774.004 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 774.004. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN STATE | ||
AGENCIES. (a) A state agency that receives a written request for | ||
information, other than information that is confidential under law, | ||
from another state agency shall provide the information to the | ||
requesting agency not later than the 10th day following the date the | ||
request is received. | ||
(b) A state agency that receives a request under this | ||
section must provide the information to the requesting state agency | ||
without cost. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |