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  89R823 KKR-D     By: Parker, et al. S.B. No. 1046       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the composition of the Health and Human Services   Commission Executive Council.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 523.0103(a) and (c), Government Code,   as effective April 1, 2025, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  The executive council is composed of:                (1)  the executive commissioner;                (2)  the director of each division the executive   commissioner established under former Section 531.008(c) before   the expiration of that subsection on September 1, 2023;                (3)  the commissioner of a health and human services   agency;                (4)  the commissioner of the Department of Family and   Protective Services, regardless of whether that agency continues as   a state agency separate from the commission; [ and ]                (5)   at least one parent or guardian of a child with a   disability who is a Medicaid recipient, including a recipient of   services under a Medicaid waiver program, appointed by the   executive commissioner; and                 (6)   other individuals the executive commissioner   appoints as the executive commissioner determines necessary.          (c)  An executive council member appointed under Subsection   (a)(5) or (6) serves at the executive commissioner's pleasure.          SECTION 2.  Section 523.0107, Government Code, as effective   April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 523.0107.  COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT FOR   EXPENSES.  An executive council member appointed under Section   523.0103(a)(5) or (6) may not receive compensation for service as a   council member but is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses   the member incurs while conducting council business as provided by   the General Appropriations Act.            SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human   Services Commission shall appoint at least one parent or guardian   of a child with a disability to the commission's executive council   as required by Section 523.0103(a)(5), Government Code, as amended   by this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.