Bill Text: TX HB5021 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring Health and Human Services Commission contractors to report certain information regarding subcontractors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-18 - Left pending in committee [HB5021 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5021-Introduced.html
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| By: Guerra | H.B. No. 5021 | |
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| relating to requiring Health and Human Services Commission | ||
| contractors to report certain information regarding | ||
| subcontractors. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.0185 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.0185. SUBCONTRACTOR INFORMATION CLAUSE. (a) The | ||
| commission shall include in each contract the commission enters | ||
| into a clause that requires any contractor to disclose the | ||
| following information relating to any subcontractor under the | ||
| contract: | ||
| (1) the process the contractor uses to select | ||
| subcontractors; | ||
| (2) the number of persons who submit subcontractor | ||
| proposals to the contractor and the name of each person who: | ||
| (A) submits a proposal to be a subcontractor; and | ||
| (B) is awarded a subcontract under the contract; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) the reasons for the contractor's selection of one | ||
| subcontractor over another subcontractor. | ||
| (b) Not later than September 1 of each year, the commission | ||
| shall submit a report to the legislature and the presiding officer | ||
| of each legislative standing committee with jurisdiction over the | ||
| commission that includes a summary of the information collected | ||
| from reports submitted under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 531.0185, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
| date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued | ||
| in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
